Motunui Methanol Complex

Motunui Methanol Complex is a chemical plant in New Zealand with a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Methanex Corp. It emits about 500,625 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 116,696 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-45257144.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,500,000 t of chemical, Motunui Methanol Complex é em torno de a mediana de chemical plant em New Zealand (1,500,000 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 500,625 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 Methanex Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Motunui Methanol Complex sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 39.0°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

Location

Coordinates -38.99164, 174.2818. View on OpenStreetMap.

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