Power plant · Denmark
Skaerbaekvaerket Power Plant
Skaerbaekvaerket Power Plant is a gas power plant in Denmark, with 392 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Denmark | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1997 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ørsted | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 392 MW | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 390 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (registered as Fossil Gas) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Oil | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 45W0000000000110 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.5120, 9.6160 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 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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3 sources record Skaerbaekvaerket; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skaerbaekvaerket | asset:eic:45W0000000000110 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Skærbæk Power Station | asset:wikidata:Q12001324 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
| Skærbæk Power Station (Unit 3) | asset:opsd:45V000000000010G | Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe) | Same name, coordinates, capacity and technology |
How it compares
Skaerbaekvaerket is the 10th-largest of 31 power plants in Denmark by capacity; its 392 MW is 4.1% of the 9,487 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 | 10th of 31 | 9,487 MW | 4.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,435th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 18 substations, 1 data center and 1 CO2 emitter (440,306 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skærbækværket 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Google Data Center Fredericia | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Tårup Nord 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Landerupgård 150 kV | Substation | — | — | 7.2 km |
| Shell Raffinaderiet Fredericia | CO2 emitter | 440,306 tCO2e | — | 12 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
- Avedoerevaerket815 MW
- Asnaesvaerket787 MW
- Studstrupvaerket716 MW
- Enstedvaerket626 MW
- Kyndbyvaerket520 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.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe). Open Power System Data: conventional power plants (Europe), Restricted.
- 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.