CPC Taoyuan Refinery — Taiwan
Refinery in Taiwan. Approximate location 25.03486, 121.30951.
RefineryTaiwanCO₂ estimate (modelled)
CPC Taoyuan Refinery is a refinery in Taiwan. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery. It is operated by CPC Corporation Taiwan. It emits about 1,597,331 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.7% of the CO₂e from the 21 facilities in Taiwan that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3144133.
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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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
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- Shu-Lin power station · Gas · 52 MW · 12 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: oil-and-gas-refining. As refinery, it requires high process heat (typically 200–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 1,597,331 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 1.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), CPC Taoyuan Refinery 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 €120M/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.
Operator
Operated by CPC Corporation Taiwan. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
CPC Taoyuan Refinery sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 25.0°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 an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1290 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.99× 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
- Tung Ho Steel Taoyuan Plant · Steel Plant · 207,846 t CO₂
- Asia Cement Corp Xinzhu Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 400,682 t CO₂
- Panzhihua Honglin Environmental Protection New Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 263,386 t CO₂
- Tung Ho Steel Miaoli Plant · Steel Plant · 249,415 t CO₂
- Taiwan Cement Corporation Branch Peace Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,288,958 t CO₂
- Feng Hsin Steel Taichung plant · Steel Plant · 116,394 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 25.03486, 121.30951. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is CPC Taoyuan Refinery?
CPC Taoyuan Refinery is a refinery in Taiwan. Refineries heat, fractionate and chemically transform crude oil into fuels and petrochemical feedstocks through energy-intensive distillation and cracking — extremely demanding on steam generation and heat recovery.
How much CO₂ does CPC Taoyuan Refinery emit?
The page uses about 1,597,331 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #8 among facilities in Taiwan by estimated CO₂.
Where is CPC Taoyuan Refinery located?
CPC Taoyuan Refinery is in Taiwan at approximately 25.03486, 121.30951.
Who operates CPC Taoyuan Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is CPC Corporation Taiwan.