Yara Porsgrunn — Norway

Yara Porsgrunn is a chemical plant in Norway. Its listed capacity is 2,086,520 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 Yara International ASA. By capacity it ranks #1 among 3 chemical plants in Norway. It emits about 630,300 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 4.4% of the CO₂e from the 46 facilities in Norway that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 79% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257213.

In context: how this facility compares

At 2,086,520 t of chemical, Yara Porsgrunn is well above 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 630,300 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).

Operator

Operated by Yara International ASA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Yara Porsgrunn sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 59.1°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 1426 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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 #1 largest of 3 chemical plants in Norway by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Rhi Normag As · Lime Plant · 138,147 t CO₂
• Eramet Norway AS, Porsgrunn · Metals Plant · 185,000 t CO₂
• ERAMET NORWAY AS, Porsgrunn · Metals Plant · 131,000 t CO₂
• Noretyl AS, Rafnes, Bamble · Petrochemical · 848,245 t CO₂
• Brevik Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 257,971 t CO₂
• Vafos Pulp - Heva Holding · Pulp & Paper Mill · 43,234 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 59.11631, 9.63488. View on OpenStreetMap.

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