Ludwigshafen — Germany

Ludwigshafen is a chemical plant in Germany. Its listed capacity is 380,000 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 BASF SE. By capacity it ranks #4 among 6 chemical plants in Germany. It emits about 853,166 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.76% of the CO₂e from the 118 facilities in Germany that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 56% above the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257230.

In context: how this facility compares

At 380,000 t of chemical, Ludwigshafen is below the median chemical plant in Germany (610,000 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 853,166 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by BASF SE. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ludwigshafen sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.6°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 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 1393 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× 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 #4 largest of 6 chemical plants in Germany by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Ludwigshafen · Chemical Plant · 55,069 t CO₂
• BASF AG , Ludwigshafen · Petrochemical · 910,820 t CO₂
• Essity Operations Mannheim GmbH Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
• Bunge Deutschland Gmbh · Food & Beverage
• Südzucker Ag Werk Offstein · Food & Beverage · 127,876 t CO₂
• Lenk Paper GmbH - Papierfabrik Schleipen · Pulp & Paper Mill

Location

Coordinates 49.55168, 8.40087. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

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