Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant — China
Aluminium Smelter in China. Approximate location 37.87456, 112.54805.
Aluminium SmelterChinaCO₂ not individually reported
Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in China. 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 is operated by Aluminum Corporation of China. No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765178.
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.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Taiyuan Steel Mill power station · Coal · 600 MW · 5 km
- Huaneng Taiyuan Dongshan Gas Thermal power station · Gas · 860 MW · 7 km
- Shanxi Gaoping power station · Coal · 1,320 MW · 10 km
- Taiyuan 1 Coal · Coal · 1,275 MW · 12 km
- Xishan Cogen power station · Coal · 150 MW · 12 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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant; Climate TRACE provides only a aluminium smelter sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown. 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).
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by Aluminum Corporation of China. All facilities by this operator →
Local climate
Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 37.9°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1405 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
- Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd · Steel Plant · 14,249,763 t CO₂
- Shanxi Shuangliang Dingxin Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 386,780 t CO₂
- Taiyuan Shitou Co., Ltd. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 688,987 t CO₂
- Zhihai Enterprise Group Yuji Cement Co. Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 635,810 t CO₂
- CHN-Taiyuan_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 511,566 t CO₂
- Shanxi Jinglei Building Materials Development Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant
Location
Coordinates 37.87456, 112.54805. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant?
Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant is a aluminium smelter in China. 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 Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant.
Where is Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant located?
Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant is in China at approximately 37.87456, 112.54805.
Who operates Taiyuan Shi aluminium plant?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Aluminum Corporation of China.