Aluminium Smelter in Vietnam. Approximate location 11.68645, 107.75943.
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Bao Lam District is an aluminium smelter in Vietnam with a reported capacity of 103,138 t of alumina/aluminum. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment. By capacity it ranks #3 among 3 aluminium smelters in Vietnam. It emits about 215,530 t CO2e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 50k passenger cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO2e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673152.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO2e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
At 103,138 t of alumina/aluminum, Bao Lam District is around the median aluminium smelter in Vietnam (108,850 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsector: aluminum. As aluminium smelter, it requires high process heat (typically 600900C) for its core industrial operations heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 8096%, surface-cooling equipment to 45C, with payback often under 2 years. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900C, 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.
This facility's reported annual CO2e in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
At its reported 216k t CO2e/yr (Scope 1), Bao Lam District carries no domestic carbon price and as a CBAM-covered product, its 216k t at the EU CBAM rate (75/t) is 16.2M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 25% of fuel-related CO2 here 4k t11k t/yr, worth 325k812k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at 75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM 75/t EU ETS 79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO2: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site
Reported capacity (t of alumina/aluminum), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO2e, CC BY 4.0).
Bao Lam District sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Koppen Aw), at 11.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Koppen zone: Koppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It 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 1285 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.99× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1221 W/m² of that. 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).
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Koppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #3 largest of 3 aluminium smelters in Vietnam by reported capacity.
Coordinates 11.68645, 107.75943. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a aluminium smelter, the main modular-insulation targets are alumina calciner, casthouse furnaces, hot ducting (electrolysis itself is electric). Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 1501,000 C C.
electrolysis is mostly electricity (Scope 2) + anode process; on-site combustion small - insulation mainly relevant to alumina refining/casthouse.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 1,900 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 380 t CO2e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Bao Lam District is a aluminium smelter in Vietnam. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.
The open dataset reports 103,138 t of alumina/aluminum of capacity for Bao Lam District.
The page uses about 215,530 t CO2e/year from the open dataset It ranks #72 among facilities in Vietnam by reported CO2.
Bao Lam District is in Vietnam at approximately 11.68645, 107.75943.
