San Ciprian alumina refinery

San Ciprian alumina refinery is an aluminium smelter in Spain with a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Alcoa Corp. By capacity it ranks #1 of 3 aluminium smelters tracked in Spain. It emits about 1,860,213 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 433,616 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 44% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765130.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminum, San Ciprian alumina refinery è ben al di sopra di la mediana di aluminium smelter in Spain (66,508 t of alumina/aluminum). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 18% al di sotto di la mediana di aluminium smelter. Sottosettore: aluminum. Come aluminium smelter, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Le fonderie di alluminio utilizzano grandi correnti elettriche per raffinare l'allumina in alluminio fuso sopra i 900°C, e il metallo caldo deve fluire attraverso crogioli e attrezzature di fonderia.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 1,860,213 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 Spain

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

Operator

Operated by Alcoa Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

San Ciprian alumina refinery sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 43.7°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 3 aluminium smelters in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• San Ciprian aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 20,116 t CO₂
• ALUMINIO ESPAÑOL, SA · Metals Plant · 403,000 t CO₂
• Megasa Siderúrgica Narón steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,159 t CO₂
• Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Navia · Pulp & Paper Mill · 209,957 t CO₂
• Lugo Province · Aluminium Smelter · 94,176 t CO₂
• ALCOA INESPAL, S.A. - LA CORUÑA · Metals Plant · 112,000 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.69697, -7.45774. View on OpenStreetMap.

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