Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District

Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District is an aluminium smelter in Ireland with a reported capacity of 97,971 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. By capacity it ranks #2 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Ireland. It emits about 138,729 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,338 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 32% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673090.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 97,971 t of alumina/aluminum, Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District é abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Ireland (2,000,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsetor: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As fundições de alumínio usam grandes correntes elétricas para refinar alumina em alumínio fundido acima de 900°C, e o metal quente deve fluir através de cadinhos e equipamentos de fundição.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 138,729 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest aluminium smelters in Ireland

Reported capacity (t of alumina/aluminum), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 2 aluminium smelters in Ireland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Aughinish Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 2,325,266 t CO₂
• Limerick Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,549 t CO₂
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Charleville) · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Listowel) · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.5603, -8.88578. View on OpenStreetMap.

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