Joffre Fertilizers

Joffre Fertilizers is a chemical plant in Canada with a reported capacity of 490,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Nutrien Ltd. By capacity it ranks #7 of 10 chemical plants tracked in Canada. It emits about 643,088 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 149,904 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257114.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 490,000 t of chemical, Joffre Fertilizers é em torno de a mediana de chemical plant em Canada (550,000 t of chemical). Subsetor: chemicals. Como chemical plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 100–500°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 plantas químicas produzem uma ampla gama de produtos químicos industriais e especializados, muitos requerendo controle preciso de temperatura e entrada de calor sustentada para reações e separações.

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 643,088 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 chemical plants in Canada

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

Operator

Operated by Nutrien Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Joffre Fertilizers sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 52.3°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 #7 largest of 10 chemical plants in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Nova Chemicals Corp. Joffree, Joffre,Alberta · Petrochemical · 2,552,601 t CO₂
• Calgary Wallboard Plant · Other Manufacturing · 27,508 t CO₂
• Carseland Nitrogen Operation · Chemical Plant · 708,709 t CO₂
• Exshaw Plant · Lime Plant · 168,836 t CO₂
• Exshaw Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 901,178 t CO₂
• Baymag Exshaw Operations · Other Manufacturing · 173,462 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.32114, -113.52188. View on OpenStreetMap.

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