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Kyndbyvaerket

Oil power plant in Capital Region, Denmark. Approximate location 55.8134, 11.8792.

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Kyndbyvaerket is a 664 MW oil power station in Capital Region, Denmark. Based on reported annual generation of 8 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,257 homes. It ranks #5 of 47 Denmark power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 3.7% of Denmark's electricity; the national grid averages 114 gCO₂/kWh (91.2% low-carbon) (2025).

664MW installed capacity
8GWh reported / yr
2,257homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022030.

~5,925 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,381passenger cars driven for a year
773homes' yearly energy use
98,750tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from reported annual generation × a typical oil emission factor (~750 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Reported generation trend

2015: 13 GWh20152016: 12 GWh20162017: 8 GWh201713 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This oil plant burns oil or diesel to drive turbines or reciprocating engines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 55.8°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,557heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
20 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 15 °CJJ: 17 °CJA: 17 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 9 °CON: 5 °CND: 1 °CD17 °C

Heating degree-days here run 45% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 77/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

Denmark has 1 oil power plant in this dataset, together about 664 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 55.8134, 11.8792 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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