Avedøre Power Station is a CHP (combined heat and power) plant in Hammerholmen, Hvidovre. CHP is the process of capturing and then utilising the heat produced by generating electricity.
Avedøre Power Station’s Unit 1 primarily uses coal, while Avedøre Power Station’s Unit 2 can use a wide variety of fuels: natural gas, oil, straw and wood pellets. By simultaneously generating heat and electricity, Avedøre Power Station’s Unit 2 utilises as much as 94 % of the energy in the fuels and has an electrical efficiency of 49 %, making the unit one of the most efficient in the world.