Chemical Plant in Botswana. Approximate location -20.52508, 26.05995.
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Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant is a chemical plant in Botswana with a reported capacity of 650,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Government of Botswana . It emits about 114,750 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 26,748 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257047.
Bei 650,000 t of chemical ist Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant etwa um dem Medianwert von chemical plant in Botswana (650,000 t of chemical). Untersektor: chemicals. Als chemical plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 100–500°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Chemieanlagen erzeugen eine breite Palette von Industrie- und Spezialchemikalien, viele erfordern präzise Temperaturkontrolle und nachhaltigen Wärmeeintrag für Reaktionen und Trennungen.
Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.
This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Operated by Government of Botswana .
Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 20.5°S in the southern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates -20.52508, 26.05995. View on OpenStreetMap.
Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant is a chemical plant in Botswana. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.
Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant has a reported capacity of 650,000 t of chemical.
Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant emits about 114,750 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 26,748 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Botswana.
Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant is in Botswana, near coordinates -20.52508, 26.05995.
Botash Salt Mine and Soda Ash Plant is operated by Government of Botswana .