Chaos at new Danish waste-to-energy plant

Danish waste-to-energy plant Amager Bakke has been storing tons of food waste in plastic packaging in the Copenhagen neighborhood of Amager after the prestige plant collapsed over the summer.

BY JAKOB MARTINI, FINANS

Published: 08.08.17 at 11:53

Amager Bakke

2009: A giant waste-to-energy plant is planned to replace the 40-year-old Amager waste plant.
January 2011: Renowned Danish architect Bjarke Ingels wins an architecture competition with his proposal to place a 90-meter high ski jump at the top.
January 2012: The financial committee at the Copenhagen City Council dismisses the project due to concerns the plant is too large. ARC has already nominated Danish-based company B&W Vølund as the winner of the order for Amager Bakke worth DKK 1 billion.
February 2012: Finance minister Bjarne Corydon and environment minister Ida Auken sign a letter which states that Copenhagen City Council cannot use the government's environment policy as a justification to cancel financing.
August 2012: Five municipalities agree to carry out the construction of Amager Bakke.
April 2016: An internal investigation estimates that Amager Bakke will be lacking DKK 1.9 billion. This is attributed to the fact that there is not enough local waste. Mayors agree on a rescue plan which gives the green light to large volumes of waste from external sources.
November 2016: Jyllands-Posten and Finans reveal that head of Amager Bakke, Ulla Röttger, was behind several incorrect estimates and warnings in the decision-making process of Amager Bakke.
January 2017: CEO for B&W Vølund, John Veje Olesen, is fired due to delays and technical issues with delivery of incinerators to Amager Bakke. B&W Vølund has lost millions of Danish kroner on the order.
February 2017: One of four boilers at ARC's old incineration plant explodes after a communication error.
April 19 2017: Röttger stops as head of ARC and Amager Bakke and former head of energy Dan Fredskov takes over as CEO.
May 11 2017: The first waste is incinerated at Amager Bakke and a few weeks later the old plant is closed.
June 27 2017: Both the incinerators at the plant must be closed because the feed water pumps face issues.

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