Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery — Venezuela
Aluminium Smelter in Venezuela. Approximate location 8.28936, -62.81761.
Aluminium SmelterVenezuelaCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in Venezuela. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment. It emits about 3,321,000 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 19% of the CO₂e from the 19 facilities in Venezuela that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765053.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
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Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Sidor power station · Gas · 185 MW · 4 km
- Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi) · Hydro · 2,160 MW · 15 km
- Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua) · Hydro · 2,930 MW · 17 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
Subsector: aluminum. As aluminium smelter, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 3,321,000 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.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 3.3M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery carries no domestic carbon price — and as a CBAM-covered product, its 3.3M t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €250M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Local climate
Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 8.3°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 1239 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.95× 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
- Sidor Ciudad Guayana steel plant · Steel Plant · 23,459 t CO₂
- Independencia Municipality · Aluminium Smelter · 3,923,087 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 8.28936, -62.81761. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery?
Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery is a aluminium smelter in Venezuela. Aluminium smelters use large electric currents to refine alumina into molten aluminium above 900°C, and the hot metal must flow through crucibles and casting equipment.
How much CO₂ does Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery emit?
The page uses about 3,321,000 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #2 among facilities in Venezuela by estimated CO₂.
Where is Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery located?
Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery is in Venezuela at approximately 8.28936, -62.81761.