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Svanemølle

Gas power plant in Capital Region, Denmark. Approximate location 55.7131, 12.588.

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Svanemølle is a 81 MW gas power plant in Capital Region, Denmark. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 91,229 homes (estimated). It ranks #19 of 47 Denmark power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1985, it is around 41 years old — long-established. In context, gas supplies about 2.4% of Denmark's electricity; the national grid averages 114 gCO₂/kWh (91.2% low-carbon) (2025).

81MW installed capacity
91,229homes powered (est.)
1985commissioned (~41 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1022045.

~127,721 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

29,772passenger cars driven for a year
16,656homes' yearly energy use
2,128,680tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 45% load factor × a typical gas emission factor (~400 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 gas plants in Denmark

Skaerbaekvaerket: 392 MW392Skaerbaekv…H.C. Ørsted: 98 MW98H.C. Ørst…Svanemølle: 81 MW81Svanemølle

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

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 55.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.0°Cannual mean temp
3,632heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
0 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 0 °CFM: 2 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 13 °CSO: 9 °CON: 5 °CND: 2 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 48% 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: 79/100 — 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.

A gas turbine here also runs ~0% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

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 #3 largest gas power plant of 3 in Denmark by capacity.

Denmark has 3 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 571 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 55.7131, 12.588 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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