Wacker Chemicals Norway

Wacker Chemicals Norway is a non-ferrous metals plant in Norway with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #11 of 21 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in Norway. It emits about 274,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 63,869 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 496% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673562.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 1 unitless, Wacker Chemicals Norway est autour de la médiane des non-ferrous metals plant en Norway (1 unitless). Sous-secteur: other-metals. Comme non-ferrous metals plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 400–1200°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les usines de métaux non ferreux fondent, raffinent et coulent des métaux dans des fours et creusets au-dessus de leurs points de fusion; les pertes des transferts non isolés et des récipients de stockage sont significatives.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 274,000 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 non-ferrous metals plants in Norway

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

Local climate

Wacker Chemicals Norway sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 63.3°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 #11 largest of 21 non-ferrous metals plants in Norway by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Trondheim Tjeldbergodden Methanol · Chemical Plant · 300,375 t CO₂
• NOR-Aure_methanol · Chemical Plant · 40,146 t CO₂
• Elkem Thamshavn · Metals Plant · 277,000 t CO₂
• Hydro Aluminium, Sunndal · Metals Plant · 660,000 t CO₂
• Sunndalsora aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 865,096 t CO₂
• Giax Produksjon As · Textiles · 4,270 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 63.31783, 9.14357. View on OpenStreetMap.

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