Grundartangi aluminium plant

Grundartangi aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Iceland with a reported capacity of 320,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Nordic Aluminum Co. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 aluminium smelters tracked in Iceland. It emits about 692,077 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 161,323 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673097.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

320,000 t of alumina/aluminumで、Grundartangi aluminium plantはIcelandのaluminium smelterの中央値約 320,000 t of alumina/aluminumです。 サブセクター：aluminum。 aluminium smelterとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱（通常600–900°C）が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80～96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 アルミニウム製錬所は大きな電流を使用して、900°C以上の溶融アルミニウムにアルミナを精製し、高温金属は坩堝および鋳造装置を通じて流れなければなりません。

容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。

What 692,077 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 Iceland

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

Operator

Operated by Nordic Aluminum Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Grundartangi aluminium plant sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 64.4°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 #2 largest of 3 aluminium smelters in Iceland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Norðurál Grundartangi ehf. · Metals Plant · 469,201 t CO₂
• Elkem Ísland ehf. · Metals Plant
• Rio Tinto á Íslandi hf. · Metals Plant · 292,395 t CO₂
• Straumsvik aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 432,548 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 64.36337, -21.77266. View on OpenStreetMap.

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