Studstrup Power Station
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The Studstrup Power Station is an oil and coal
-fired thermal power plant at Studstrup
, Denmark
. It is operated by DONG Energy
. It has an electrical generation capacity of 700 MW and went in service in 1968. The chimney of the power plant is 189.89 metres (623 ft) tall. The plant can partially co-fire biomass in the form of straw. Waste heat from the plant is directed via pipes into Århus and used for municipal heating.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
-fired thermal power plant at Studstrup
Studstrup
Studstrup is the northernmost suburb of Aarhus, Denmark with a population of 891 .Studstrup is home to the 700 MW power plant Studstupværket.-References:...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It is operated by DONG Energy
DONG Energy
-History:The Danish state company Dansk Naturgas A/S was founded in 1972 to manage resources in the Danish sector of the North Sea. After some years, the company was renamed to Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S . At the beginning of 2000s, DONG started to extend itself into the electricity market by...
. It has an electrical generation capacity of 700 MW and went in service in 1968. The chimney of the power plant is 189.89 metres (623 ft) tall. The plant can partially co-fire biomass in the form of straw. Waste heat from the plant is directed via pipes into Århus and used for municipal heating.