Dunkerque aluminium plant

Dunkerque aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in France with a reported capacity of 285,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Alvance British Aluminium . By capacity it ranks #1 of 7 aluminium smelters tracked in France. It emits about 616,381 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 143,679 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673056.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 285,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Dunkerque aluminium plant é bem acima de a mediana de aluminium smelter em France (28,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 53% acima de a mediana de aluminium smelter. 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 616,381 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 France

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

Operator

Operated by Alvance British Aluminium .

Local climate

Dunkerque aluminium plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.0°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 #1 largest of 7 aluminium smelters in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• COMILOG DUNKERQUE · Metals Plant · 101,000 t CO₂
• ALUMINIUM DUNKERQUE SAS · Metals Plant · 497,000 t CO₂
• LIBERTY ALUMINIUM DUNKERQUE · Metals Plant · 484,000 t CO₂
• ALVANCE ALUMINIUM DUNKERQUE SAS · Metals Plant · 482,000 t CO₂
• ALUMINIUM DUNKERQUE · Metals Plant · 492,000 t CO₂
• Versalis France SAS, Dunkerque · Petrochemical · 558,244 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.00148, 2.16739. View on OpenStreetMap.

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