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"Danish clean energy giant Ørsted has shuttered its last coal-fired combined
heat and power plant, the Esbjerg Power Station, located in the Western part of
Denmark.
Once known as DONG Energy, a gas and oil resource company that expanded into
the electricity market, the company adopted the name Ørsted in 2017 and has
since grown to become one of the world’s leading clean energy companies.
Having developed a sizeable portion of the world’s offshore wind capacity
(excluding mainland China), Ørsted generates most of its energy from renewable
energy sources and has targeted net zero generation by 2025 and net zero
emissions by 2040.
As part of this long-term transition, Ørsted announced last week that it was
shutting down the 378MW Esbjerg Power Station, one of the last steps in the
company’s efforts to completely phase out the use of coal.
Danish authorities had ordered Ørsted in 2022 to continue and resume operations
at three of its power station units – unit 3 at Esbjerg Power Station and unit
4 at Studstrup Power Station, which both use coal as their primary source of
fuel, and unit 21 at Kyndby Peak Load Plant, which uses oil as fuel. Both unit
4 at Studstrup and unit 21 at Kyndby had been decommissioned and preserved.
However, Ørsted has now closed all three units, though coal will still be used
as a reserve fuel at Studstrup Power Station’s unit 3 while a large wood pellet
silo is being rebuilt after a fire. Ørsted expects to get the silo ready again
before the end of 2024, after which the company will no longer either have or
use coal as a reserve fuel."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
