Svanemølle Power Station is situated at Nordhavnen in Copenhagen and was previously a coal-fired CHP plant but was converted to natural gas and oil firing in 1985. In 1995 two old generations were replaced by a gas turbine called unit 7. Today the power station is a modern CHP plant whose primary task is to supply district heating to the Greater Copenhagen district-heating network. 

The plant is currently undergoing a major renovation and upgrading work in which three old steam generators are being replaced by two new back-up steam generators fuelled by gas oil or natural gas.  

The net installed capacity of the plant will then be a total of 81 MW and approx 355 MJ/s heat.