Metals Plant in United States. Approximate location 47.13836, -119.20038.
Metals PlantUnited StatesCO₂ reported
REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON is a non-ferrous metals plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #261 of 330 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in United States. It emits about 19,948 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 4,650 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 57% below the median non-ferrous metals plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673461.
Bei 1 unitless ist REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON etwa um dem Medianwert von non-ferrous metals plant in United States (1 unitless). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 47% unter dem Medianwert von non-ferrous metals plant. Untersektor: other-metals. Als non-ferrous metals plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 400–1200°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. Nichteisenmetallwerke schmelzen, raffinieren und gießen Metalle in Öfen und Tiegeln über ihren Schmelzpunkten; Verluste aus ungedämmten Transfers und Lagerbehältern sind erheblich.
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.
Reported capacity (unitless), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 47.1°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #261 largest of 330 non-ferrous metals plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 47.13836, -119.20038. View on OpenStreetMap.
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REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON is a non-ferrous metals plant in United States. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals.
REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON has a reported capacity of 1 unitless.
REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON emits about 19,948 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 4,650 cars. That ranks #1679 among tracked facilities in United States.
REC SOLAR GRADE SILICON is in United States, near coordinates 47.13836, -119.20038.