St. Nicolas aluminium plant

St. Nicolas aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Greece with a reported capacity of 190,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Aluminium de Grèce SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Greece. It emits about 410,921 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 95,786 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673067.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 190,000 t of alumina/aluminum, St. Nicolas aluminium plant está alrededor de la mediana de aluminium smelter en Greece (190,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsector: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 600–900°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las fundiciones de aluminio utilizan grandes corrientes eléctricas para refinar alúmina en aluminio fundido por encima de 900°C, y el metal caliente debe fluir a través de crisoles y equipos de colada.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 410,921 t CO₂e a year looks like

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.

Capacity vs largest aluminium smelters in Greece

Reported capacity (t of alumina/aluminum), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Aluminium de Grèce SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

St. Nicolas aluminium plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 38.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 aluminium smelters in Greece by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Central Greece Region · Aluminium Smelter · 12,315 t CO₂
• Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refinery · Refinery · 2,450,025 t CO₂
• Pio Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 741,582 t CO₂
• Magoula Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 533,322 t CO₂
• Hellenic Petroleum Elefsina Refinery · Refinery · 1,094,934 t CO₂
• ELVALHALCOR S.A. - ALUMINIUM ROLLING DIVISION · Metals Plant · 114,000 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 38.36221, 22.68981. View on OpenStreetMap.

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