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Sources for CopenHill Is the Pretty Face of a Difficult Machine

Published Jul 22, 2026

Sources Used

  1. CopenHill

    Bjarke Ingels Group / primary / architect

    Design concept, waste-to-energy plant beneath a ski slope, aluminum-brick facade, planters, 500 meters of ski runs, elevator access, hiking trail, climbing walls, and viewing platform.

    Accessed 2026-07-21

  2. From Waste to Energy - The Technology Inside Amager Bakke

    Amager Resource Center / primary / operator

    Waste handling sequence, negative-pressure loading hall, incineration temperature and duration, energy output per tonne of waste, slag and metal recovery, fly ash handling, boilers, and flexible heat/electricity production.

    Accessed 2026-07-21

  3. Net zero: Copenhagen's failure to meet its 2025 target casts doubt on other major climate plans

    University of Copenhagen Department of Food and Resource Economics / 2022-09-20 / academic commentary

    Context that Copenhagen's 2025 carbon-neutral target became unrealistic and that carbon capture at the Amager plant was central to the city's climate-accounting challenge.

    Accessed 2026-07-21

  4. Environmental assessment of amending the Amager Bakke incineration plant in Copenhagen with carbon capture and storage

    Bisinella et al. / 2021 / scholarly / technical

    Carbon-capture context and technical tradeoffs around adding CCS to Amager Bakke.

    Accessed 2026-07-21

Image Sources

  1. CopenHill ski slope on the Amager Bakke incineration plant in Copenhagen, photographed November 27, 2019.

    News Oresund - Kristoffer Dahl / 2019-11-27 / CC BY 2.0

    Permission contact: https://www.flickr.com/photos/88883738@N02/

    Original file: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/2019-11-27_Amager_Bakke_Copenhagen_Hill_%2849141383237%29.png