CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX — United States
Chemical Plant in United States. Approximate location 30.09856, -90.95599.
Chemical PlantUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It emits about 1,688,422 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.30% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674480.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
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In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: other-chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 1,688,422 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 1.7M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €127M/yr.
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Parent company
Cf Industries Holdings Inc US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.
Local climate
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 30.1°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 1302 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.00× 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
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Location
Coordinates 30.09856, -90.95599. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX?
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.
How much CO₂ does CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX emit?
The page uses about 1,688,422 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #76 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.
Where is CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX located?
CF INDUSTRIES NITROGEN, LLC - DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN COMPLEX is in United States at approximately 30.09856, -90.95599.