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Orsted has signed an agreement with Danish district heating companies VEKS and CTR to utilize surplus heat from carbon capture at the Abedour power station.
A new carbon capture plant has been installed at Denmark’s Abedour power station, aiming to capture 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year from the straw-fired power station.
The 53 MW of residual heat from the power plant will provide district heating to up to 16,000 Danish households in Greater Copenhagen, Ørsted said.
The plant will use straw sourced locally from Zealand’s fields to generate heat and electricity, and from 2026 the biogenic carbon released will be captured and stored.
Heat pumps allow surplus heat from both the carbon capture process and exhaust gas condensation to be reused for district heating.
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The Abedore power station’s carbon capture plant is expected to generate approximately 34 MW of surplus heat from the carbon capture process and approximately 19 MW from the exhaust gas condensation process.
The agreement between VEKS, CTR and Ørsted will be valid from 2024 to 2027.
“This agreement is a very important and concrete step in the transformation of VEKS into the green technology of the future. , is a great example of why it is reasonably priced,” says VEKS Chairman Steen Christiansen.
“There is no doubt that surplus heat from carbon capture will form part of the total heat supply for district heating customers in Greater Copenhagen. Collectively, we can continue to offer district heating at an attractive price,” said CTR Chairman Line Barfod.
Efficient heating system in Denmark
Denmark’s district heating systems are energy efficient and are one of the main drivers of energy consumption and emissions reduction in the country’s energy sector, according to State of Green, a non-profit public-private partnership with the Danish government. .
Denmark’s district energy systems are more efficient due to the effective distribution of heating or cooling water, the minimization of energy losses during distribution, and the effective connection of district energy systems to consumers, according to the State of the Union. Green suggests.
The system also helps address energy poverty by reducing consumers’ utility bills.