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[VIDEO] Elite Freeskiers Converge on Denmark’s Waste Powerplant Ski Slope for 3rd Annual Scandinavian Team Battle

For the third consecutive year, freestyle skiing elites gathered on Denmark’s CopenHill, the innovative waste-to-energy power plant, for the Scandinavian Team Battle. CopenHill is an artificial 1,500 feet ski slope built on the roof of Amager Bakke, a waste-to-energy (WTE) power plant in Copenhagen. The annual contest attracts teams from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and the UK. They compete on […]

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World’s Tallest Artificial Climbing Wall Completed: Almost Ready For Send

Copenhill, home to the world’s tallest artificial climbing wall. New Atlas Amager Bakke waste incinerator plant, which is already home to Denmark’s tallest artificial ski slope (Copenhill), is now home to a world’s tallest creation. In November 2019 they completed construction of the world’s tallest artificial climbing wall, but the powers that be decided not to place climbing holds on […]

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James Pulfer | July 10, 2020
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CopenHill: Ski Slope Built on the Roof of a Power Plant Opened in Copenhagen, Denmark Last Week

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CopenHill, a new artificial ski slope built on the roof of a huge waste incinerator in Copenhagen, Denmark finally opened to the public on Friday. Related: CopenHill, the Danish Ski Hill on the Roof of a Power Plant While the public shred down the 1,500-feet ski slope, up to 450,000 tonnes of waste will continue to be converted annually into […]

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VIDEO: Jesper Tjäder Skis Down CopenHill Waste-to-Energy Plant in Copenhagen, Denmark

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CopenHill, the Danish Ski Hill on the Roof of a Power Plant

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When you need to locate a new power plant close to downtown in order to meet climate change goals, how do you get people to accept its location? You could try putting a ski slope on its roof. The soon to be completed Amager Bakke power plant in Copenhagen, Denmark is a key component to the City’s plans to become […]

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Curtis Weller | April 2, 2019
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