Nikolayev Alumina Refinery

Nikolayev Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in Ukraine with a reported capacity of 1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Ukraine. It emits about 1,860,213 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 433,616 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 44% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43765043.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Nikolayev Alumina Refinery é em torno de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Ukraine (1,600,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 18% abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter. 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 1,860,213 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 Ukraine

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

Operator

Operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Nikolayev Alumina Refinery sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 46.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 2 aluminium smelters in Ukraine by reported capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 46.77549, 31.9524. View on OpenStreetMap.

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