Power plant · Denmark
Esbjerg Power Station
Esbjerg Power Station is a coal power plant in Denmark, with 377 MW of capacity, operated by Ørsted.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Esbjergvaerket | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Denmark | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Southern Denmark | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1992 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ørsted | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 377 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 373 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal (registered as Fossil Hard coal) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Hard coal | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 45W000000000017P | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.4550, 8.4580 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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2 sources record Esbjerg Power Station; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esbjergvaerket | asset:eic:45W000000000017P | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Esbjerg Power Station | asset:wikidata:Q1140285 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Esbjerg Power Station is the 11th-largest of 29 power plants in Denmark by capacity; its 377 MW is 4.4% of the 8,597 MW we hold for Denmark. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 11th of 29 | 8,597 MW | 4.4% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,330th of 12,230 | 1,691,896 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 substations and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dansk Data Center 1 | Data center | — | Under construction | 0.3 km |
| Lykkegård 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Bulk Infrastructure DK01 Campus | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Endrup 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Planned station FUT 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Ribe Hostingcenter | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
More from Ørsted
- Hornsea 32,955 MW · under construction
- Hornsea 42,400 MW · permitted
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Avedøre Power Station806 MW
- Walney 3659 MW
- Ensted Power Station626 MW
- Kyndby power station404 MW
Other power plants in Denmark
- Avedøre Power Station815 MW
- Asnaesvaerket787 MW
- Studstrup Power Station716 MW
- Ensted Power Station626 MW
- Kyndby power station520 MW
- Fyn Power Station407 MW
- Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm407 MW
- Nordjylland Power Station405 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Energinet capacity map (Energi Data Service). Energinet capacity map (Energi Data Service), Energi Data Service terms.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.