Dimitrovgrad Fertilizer Complex — Bulgaria

Dimitrovgrad Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in Bulgaria. Its listed capacity is 766,500 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. It is operated by NeoChim AD. It emits about 392,040 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 8.9% of the CO₂e from the 10 facilities in Bulgaria that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 64% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257068.

In context: how this facility compares

At 766,500 t of chemical, Dimitrovgrad Fertilizer Complex is around the median chemical plant in Bulgaria (766,500 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 392,040 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.

Operator

Operated by NeoChim AD.

Local climate

Dimitrovgrad Fertilizer Complex sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 42.1°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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1376 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.06× 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

• Stambolijski Kraft Pulp & Paper Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Cimentas Lalapaşa Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,276,946 t CO₂
• LUKOIL Neftochim Burgas Refinery · Refinery · 1,488,919 t CO₂
• Lukoil Neftohim Burgas, Burgas · Petrochemical · 241,080 t CO₂
• Nea Karvali Fertilizers · Chemical Plant · 146,520 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.05143, 25.61745. View on OpenStreetMap.

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