Industrial facilities in arid climate zones

This open dataset places 2,380 industrial facilities in arid Köppen-Geiger climate zones. The 2,363 with a reported CO₂ figure emit about 1,047 Mt CO₂e/yr combined. The most common facility type here is food & beverage.

2,380facilities
2,363with reported CO₂
1.0B tCO₂e/yr

Facility types in arid zones

Food & Beverage: 888 facilities888Food & Bev…Textiles: 484 facilities484TextilesCement Plant: 399 facilities399Cement Pla…Refinery: 141 facilities141RefineryChemical Plant: 124 facilities124Chemical P…Steel Plant: 114 facilities114Steel PlantLime Plant: 106 facilities106Lime PlantPetrochemical: 44 facilities44Petrochemi…

Climate class: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). Facilities: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂e/yr)

Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co Ltd: 25 Mt CO2e/yr25Inner Mong…Golmud (Qarhan) Chemical Complex: 20 Mt CO2e/yr20Golmud (Qa…RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar Refinery: 19 Mt CO2e/yr19RPL (Relia…JSW Steel Vijayanagar steel plant: 16 Mt CO2e/yr16JSW Steel …CHN-Yinchuan_methanol: 15 Mt CO2e/yr15CHN-Yinchu…CHN-Ordos_ammonia: 10 Mt CO2e/yr10CHN-Ordos_…CHN-Xilin Gol_methanol: 9 Mt CO2e/yr9CHN-Xilin …CHN-Yulin_methanol: 9 Mt CO2e/yr9CHN-Yulin_…Ordos City (Uxin Banner) Polyolefins - Methanol Facility: 9 Mt CO2e/yr9Ordos City…KIPIC Al-Zour Refinery: 8 Mt CO2e/yr8KIPIC Al-Z…

Measured CO₂e: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Largest facilities in arid zones

#FacilityTypeCountryt CO₂e/yr
1Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co LtdSteel PlantChina25,167,415
2Golmud (Qarhan) Chemical ComplexChemical PlantChina19,583,307
3RPL (Reliance Petroleum Limited) Jamnagar RefineryRefineryIndia18,862,552
4JSW Steel Vijayanagar steel plantSteel PlantIndia15,936,581
5CHN-Yinchuan_methanolChemical PlantChina15,325,877
6CHN-Ordos_ammoniaChemical PlantChina9,536,431
7CHN-Xilin Gol_methanolChemical PlantChina9,257,492
8CHN-Yulin_methanolChemical PlantChina8,883,334
9Ordos City (Uxin Banner) Polyolefins - Methanol FacilityChemical PlantChina8,544,000
10KIPIC Al-Zour RefineryRefineryKuwait8,272,164
11ChinaChemical PlantChina8,163,612
12Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Al-Ruwais RefineryRefineryUnited Arab Emirates7,843,838
13Gansu Jiu Steel Group Hongxing Iron and Steel Co LtdSteel PlantChina7,787,225
14Mobarakeh Steel Complex IsfahanSteel PlantIran6,613,032
15Ordos Prefecture CityAluminium SmelterChina6,190,598

Cite this

Inzonex IndustryAtlas (2026). Industrial facilities by Köppen climate zone — Arid. Derived from Climate TRACE v6 and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/industryatlas/climate/arid/

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