Independencia Municipality

Independencia Municipality is an aluminium smelter in Venezuela with a reported capacity of 2,362,594 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Venezuela. It emits about 3,923,087 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 914,472 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 21% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673151.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 2,362,594 t of alumina/aluminum, Independencia Municipality é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Venezuela (2,362,594 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 3,923,087 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 Venezuela

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

Local climate

Independencia Municipality sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 8.4°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 2 aluminium smelters in Venezuela by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Sidor Ciudad Guayana steel plant · Steel Plant · 23,459 t CO₂
• Puerto Ordaz Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 3,321,000 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 8.44936, -63.40966. View on OpenStreetMap.

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