Lugo Province

Lugo Province is an aluminium smelter in Spain with a reported capacity of 66,508 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 aluminium smelters tracked in Spain. It emits about 94,176 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 21,952 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-3673055.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 66,508 t of alumina/aluminum, Lugo Province é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Spain (66,508 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 94,176 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 Spain

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

Local climate

Lugo Province sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 43.1°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 3 aluminium smelters in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Oural Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 152,863 t CO₂
• ALUMINIO ESPAÑOL, SA · Metals Plant · 403,000 t CO₂
• San Ciprian alumina refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 1,860,213 t CO₂
• San Ciprian aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 20,116 t CO₂
• Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Navia · Pulp & Paper Mill · 209,957 t CO₂
• Megasa Siderúrgica Narón steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,159 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.0696, -7.43613. View on OpenStreetMap.

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