Nynas Hamburg Refinery — Germany
Refinery in Germany. Approximate location 53.47432, 9.95854.
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Nynas Hamburg Refinery is a refinery in Germany. 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 Nynas GmbH & Co KG.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3143900.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
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Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- EEV · Oil · 38 MW · 1 km
- Hamburg-Moorburg · Coal · 1,600 MW · 2 km
- Heizkraftwerk 1 · Gas · 22 MW · 5 km
- MVR Müllverwertung Rugenberger Damm GmbH & Co. KG · Waste · 24 MW · 5 km
- Tiefstack power station · Coal · 194 MW · 9 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.
Operator
Operated by Nynas GmbH & Co KG. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Nynas Hamburg Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 53.5°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 1408 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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
- Holborn Hamburg Refinery · Refinery · 998,743 t CO₂
- Hamburg aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 144,904 t CO₂
- TRIMET Aluminium SE, Niederlassung Hamburg · Metals Plant · 223,000 t CO₂
- ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant · Steel Plant · 822,412 t CO₂
- Aurubis AG · Metals Plant · 164,000 t CO₂
- Aluminium Oxid Stade GmbH (AOS) Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 1,278,896 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 53.47432, 9.95854. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Nynas Hamburg Refinery?
Nynas Hamburg Refinery is a refinery in Germany. 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.
Where is Nynas Hamburg Refinery located?
Nynas Hamburg Refinery is in Germany at approximately 53.47432, 9.95854.
Who operates Nynas Hamburg Refinery?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Nynas GmbH & Co KG.