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Randers

Coal power plant in Central Jutland, Denmark. Approximate location 56.4584, 10.0475.

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Randers is a 52 MW coal power plant in Central Jutland, Denmark. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 65,074 homes (estimated). It ranks #22 of 47 Denmark power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 2.7% of Denmark's electricity; the national grid averages 114 gCO₂/kWh (91.2% low-carbon) (2025).

52MW installed capacity
65,074homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022042.

~227,760 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

53,091passenger cars driven for a year
29,703homes' yearly energy use
3,796,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Denmark

Avedoerevaerket (Avedøre): 815 MW815Avedoereva…Asnaes power station: 787 MW787Asnaes pow…Studstrupvaerket: 730 MW730Studstrupv…Nordjylland power station: 716 MW716Nordjyllan…Enstedvaerket: 626 MW626Enstedvaer…Esbjerg power station: 407 MW407Esbjerg po…Fyns power station: 362 MW362Fyns power…Amager power station: 330 MW330Amager pow…

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 56.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.6°Cannual mean temp
3,771heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
36 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 12 °CSO: 8 °CON: 4 °CND: 2 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 53% 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: 81/100 — 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

The #10 largest coal power plant of 10 in Denmark by capacity.

Denmark has 10 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 5,089 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 56.4584, 10.0475 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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