Fort William aluminium plant

Fort William aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 38,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Alvance British Aluminium . It emits about 82,184 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,157 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673062.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 38,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Fort William aluminium plant é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em United Kingdom (38,000 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 82,184 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.

Operator

Operated by Alvance British Aluminium .

Local climate

Fort William aluminium plant sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 56.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• South Shian Fish Processing Factory, Connel · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
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• Sandyford Abattoir, Sandyford Road, Paisley · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Soft Drink Factory, Glasgow · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Soapworks Ltd · Textiles · 9,186 t CO₂
• United Biscuits Ltd, Glasgow · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 56.82817, -5.0753. View on OpenStreetMap.

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