Argo (Danish company)
Argo (formerly Kara/Noveren) is a Danish waste management company owned by nine municipalities in the western and southern part of metropolitan Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2014, Kara/Noveren inaugurated a new, energy-efficient waste-to-energy plant in Roskilde, Energitårnet ("The Energy Tower"), designed by Erick Van Egeraat.
History[edit]
The company was established as Kara/Noveren in 2007 through the merger of Kara and Noveren. In 2017, it was renamed Argo. The new name is short for "affald – ressourcer – genbrug - overskud".[1]
Company[edit]
Argo is owned by Greve, Holbæk, Kalundborg, Køge, Lejre, Odsherred, Roskilde, Solrød, and Stevns municipalities. The company has some 400,000 private and 22,500 commercial customers.
The Energy Tower[edit]
The Energy Tower waste-to-energy plant was inaugurated on 2 September 2014. The cost of its construction was DKK 1.3 billion. The facility produces electricity for approximately 65,000 households and district heating for 40,000 households, utilizing close to 100% of the energy in the waste as opposed to only 70 % in the old oven line.[2] The electricity is sold to SEAS-NVE while the heat is sold to Roskilde Forsyning.
The building is the result of an architectural competition won by Erick Van Egeraat in 2010.[3] The building has a two-layered façade, the outer layer consists of amber-colored aluminum plates with laser-cut circular openings. A backlighting scheme creates a spark which for a few minutes every hour gradually illuminates the entire building.
References[edit]
- ^ "Her er Kara/Noverens nye navn". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Emergitårnet til 1,3 milliarder kroner indviet I Roskildenoget" (in Danish). Byens Ejendomme. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Glowing icon in Denmark". World Architecture News. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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