CHN-Wuhai_methanol — China

CHN-Wuhai_methanol is a chemical plant in China. Its listed capacity is 203,160 t of chemical. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. By capacity it ranks #90 among 125 chemical plants in China. It emits about 578,600 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.02% of the CO₂e from the 1,485 facilities in China that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 98% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33998970.

In context: how this facility compares

At 203,160 t of chemical, CHN-Wuhai_methanol is below the median chemical plant in China (532,416 t of chemical). Subsector: 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 578,600 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.

Capacity vs largest chemical plants in China

Listed capacity (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

CHN-Wuhai_methanol sits in a cold desert climate zone (Köppen BWk), at 39.6°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 benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1432 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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

The #90 largest of 125 chemical plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• CHN-Wuhai_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 137,228 t CO₂
• Hainan Galaxy Lime Factory · Lime Plant
• Inner Mongolia Junzheng Chemical Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant
• Ertuoqi Hengzhuo Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 462,365 t CO₂
• Wuhai Saima Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 488,411 t CO₂
• Inner Mongolia Mengxi Cement Co.,Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 809,150 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 39.56696, 106.88288. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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