ELKEM ASA AVD BJØLVEFOSSEN — Norway

ELKEM ASA AVD BJØLVEFOSSEN is a non-ferrous metals plant in Norway. Non-ferrous metals plants melt, refine and cast metals in furnaces and crucibles above their melting points. It emits about 174,000 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.2% of the CO₂e from the 46 facilities in Norway that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673273.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: other-metals. As non-ferrous metals plant, it requires high process heat (typically 400–1200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Non-ferrous metals plants melt, refine and cast metals in furnaces and crucibles above their melting points.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 174,000 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.

Local climate

ELKEM ASA AVD BJØLVEFOSSEN sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 60.4°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1463 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.12× 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

• Elkem Bjølvefossen · Metals Plant · 172,000 t CO₂
• Sør-Norge Aluminium · Metals Plant · 142,000 t CO₂
• Husnes aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 432,548 t CO₂
• Equinor Mongstad Crude Oil Refinery · Refinery · 2,527,215 t CO₂
• ERAMET NORWAY AS, Sauda · Metals Plant · 320,000 t CO₂
• Hoyanger aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 140,578 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 60.43092, 6.43042. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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