Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District — Ireland

Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District is an aluminium smelter in Ireland. Its listed capacity is 97,971 t of alumina/aluminum. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment. It emits about 138,729 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 2.7% of the CO₂e from the 8 facilities in Ireland that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 32% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673090.

In context: how this facility compares

At 97,971 t of alumina/aluminum, Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District is around the median aluminium smelter in Ireland (97,971 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsector: aluminum. As aluminium smelter, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 138,729 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Local climate

Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1396 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited · Food & Beverage
• Aughinish Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 2,325,266 t CO₂
• Limerick Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,549 t CO₂
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Charleville) · Food & Beverage
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Listowel) · Food & Beverage
• Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Limited · Food & Beverage

Location

Coordinates 52.5603, -8.88578. View on OpenStreetMap.

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