NOR-Aure_methanol — Norway

NOR-Aure_methanol is a chemical plant in Norway. Its listed capacity is 120,288 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 #3 among 3 chemical plants in Norway. It emits about 40,146 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.28% of the CO₂e from the 46 facilities in Norway that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 77% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-33999037.

In context: how this facility compares

At 120,288 t of chemical, NOR-Aure_methanol is below the median chemical plant in Norway (900,000 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 40,146 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 Norway

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

Local climate

NOR-Aure_methanol sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 63.3°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 1444 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.11× 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 #3 largest of 3 chemical plants in Norway by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Trondheim Tjeldbergodden Methanol · Chemical Plant · 300,375 t CO₂
• Wacker Chemicals Norway · Metals Plant · 274,000 t CO₂
• Elkem Thamshavn · Metals Plant · 277,000 t CO₂
• Hydro Aluminium, Sunndal · Metals Plant · 660,000 t CO₂
• Sunndalsora aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 865,096 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 63.28596, 8.55862. View on OpenStreetMap.

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