Straumsvik aluminium plant

Straumsvik aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Iceland with a reported capacity of 200,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 aluminium smelters tracked in Iceland. It emits about 432,548 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 100,827 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673098.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 200,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Straumsvik aluminium plant é abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Iceland (320,000 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 432,548 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 Iceland

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

Operator

Operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Straumsvik aluminium plant sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 64.0°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 #3 largest of 3 aluminium smelters in Iceland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Rio Tinto á Íslandi hf. · Metals Plant · 292,395 t CO₂
• Elkem Ísland ehf. · Metals Plant
• Grundartangi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 692,077 t CO₂
• Norðurál Grundartangi ehf. · Metals Plant · 469,201 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 64.04345, -22.0325. View on OpenStreetMap.

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