Amager Bakke (lit. 'Amager Hill'), also known as Amager Slope or Copenhill, is a combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant (new resource handling centre) and a 85 m (279 ft) tall recreational facility in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark,[1] located prominently within view of the city's downtown.
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| Country | Denmark |
| Location | Amager, in Copenhagen |
| Coordinates | 55°41′4″N 12°37′12″E / 55.68444°N 12.62000°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2013 |
| Commission date | 30 March 2017 |
| Construction cost | $670 million |
| Owner | Amager Ressource center |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Municipal solid waste |
| Combined cycle? | Yes |
| Cogeneration? | 190 MW |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 57 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The facility opened in 2017,[2] and partially replaced the nearby old incineration plant in Amager,[3] which is in the process of being converted from coal to biomass (completed in 2020).[4] The two plants play a major role in Copenhagen's ambitions of meeting zero carbon requirements by 2025.[4]
The recreational components of the facility (the dry ski run, hiking trail and climbing wall) opened in December 2018,[5] with an attendance estimated at 42-57 thousand visitors annually.[6]
Copenhill was named the World Building of the Year 2021 at the fourteenth annual World Architecture Festival.[7]
Construction and technicalities
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The plant opened on 30 March 2017.[2] It is estimated to cost $670 million,[8] and is expected to burn 400,000 tons of municipal solid waste annually. It also houses a sports facility designed by Bjarke Ingels Group with an 85 meters tall sloped roof that doubles as year-round artificial ski slope, hiking slope and climbing wall, which opened to the public 4–6 October 2019.[2][9][10][11] The climbing wall, manufactured by Walltopia, is the world's tallest permanent climbing wall at 80 meters.[12][13]
Technically, the plant is designed to change between operating modes, producing 0-63 MW electricity and 157-247 MW district heating, depending on the local heat demand and power price. It produces more clean water than it uses. Because of filtration and other technologies, sulphur emission is expected to be reduced by 99.5% and NOx by about 95% as well as dioxins and HCl[14][15] and it is claimed to be the cleanest incineration plant in the world.[4]
An experiment intended the chimney to not emit its exhaust continuously, but instead in the form of "smoke" rings (consisting of water vapor rather than actual smoke).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Green buildings: 18 examples of sustainable architecture around the world". CNN. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Serup, Mette (30 March 2017). "Skidt, skrald og æggebakker indvier Amager Bakke". TV 2 Kosmopol (in Danish). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b Frearson, Amy (25 February 2015). "Video reveals trial of smoke-ring-blowing chimney for BIG's Copenhagen power plant". Dezeen. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Slavin, Terry (26 October 2016). "An incinerator with a view: Copenhagen waste plant gets ski slope and picnic area". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Rathi, Akshat (27 February 2019). "You can now ski on top of a $670 million power plant in Copenhagen". Quartz. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Wilkinson, Amy (1 March 2020). "A Danish Team Passed an Uphill Test to Deliver a Power Plant with a Ski Slope on Top". Project Management Institute. Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "BIG-Designed Copenhill/Amager Bakke Wins World Building Of The Year Award For 2021". World Architecture. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ Wittrup, Sanne (12 October 2016). "Fejl i rør omkring forbrændingsovnene til Amager Bakke". Ingeniøren (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ Carson, Biz (6 November 2013). "No Joke: A Massive Trash Incinerator With a Ski Slope on Top". Wired. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ "Amager Bakke/Copenhill: Plant fact sheet". Babcock & Wilcox Vølund. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
- ^ Høgsholt, Danny (19 January 2017). "Danmarks største kunstige skibakke er under opførelse - i København". TV2 (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ Stamp, Elizabeth (21 July 2020). "Bjarke Ingels's Copenhill Will Soon Feature the World's Tallest Climbing Wall". Architectural Digest. Archived from the original on 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Om Amager Bakke". ARC (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Copenhill". Amager Ressourcecenter (in Danish). Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "ARC, Copenhill/Amager Bakke, Copenhagen, Denmark". Babcock & Wilcox Vølund. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
