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How to recycle a power plant

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How to recycle a power plant

On Thursday the 23rdof May, close to noon, a huge blast echoed over the harbour area in Aabenraa, and 9.000 tons of steel went tumbling to the ground, giving rise to a vast cloud of dust and debris. Just five seconds after the demolition expert pushed the big, red button it was all over – a brief, spectacular event that took months of hard work to prepare.

For us at Rimeco the demolition of the boiler building was a milestone in our yearlong effort to take down and recycle almost every bit of one of Denmark’s biggest coal-fired power plants, Enstedværket in Aabenraa, and our work will continue for at least another year.

To honour all the employees that each and every day lay down hard labour to make this project a success, we have produced a short video showing not just the spectacular demolition, but also what it took to make it happen.

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Demolition of the boiler house at Enstedværket

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Demolition of the boiler house at Enstedværket

In 2016 RIMECO bought the coalfired powerstation Enstedværket from DONG (now Ørsted).
After less than 2 years demolition time, the boiler house was overturned on 23rd May-19 by means of a controlled explosion.
It was necessary to overturn the building due to heavy machinery in the upper part of the building otherwise not being accessible.
Next step is to clear the area from the overturned building during the summer months.