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.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminumで、San Ciprian alumina refineryはSpainのaluminium smelterの中央値はるかに上 66,508 t of alumina/aluminumです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、aluminium smelterの中央値下約18%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 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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