Sunndalsora aluminium plant

Sunndalsora aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Norway with a reported capacity of 400,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Sunndal Primary Production . By capacity it ranks #1 of 7 aluminium smelters tracked in Norway. It emits about 865,096 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 201,654 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673109.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 400,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Sunndalsora aluminium plant é bem acima de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Norway (200,000 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 865,096 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 Norway

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

Operator

Operated by Sunndal Primary Production .

Local climate

Sunndalsora aluminium plant sits in a polar tundra climate zone (Köppen ET), at 62.7°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 7 aluminium smelters in Norway by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hydro Aluminium, Sunndal · Metals Plant · 660,000 t CO₂
• NOR-Aure_methanol · Chemical Plant · 40,146 t CO₂
• Wacker Chemicals Norway · Metals Plant · 274,000 t CO₂
• Trondheim Tjeldbergodden Methanol · Chemical Plant · 300,375 t CO₂
• Elkem Thamshavn · Metals Plant · 277,000 t CO₂
• Giax Produksjon As · Textiles · 4,270 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 62.67784, 8.55466. View on OpenStreetMap.

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