UMICORE - HOBOKEN

UMICORE - HOBOKEN is a non-ferrous metals plant in Belgium with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. It emits about 213,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 49,650 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 363% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673515.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1 unitless, UMICORE - HOBOKEN é em torno de a mediana de non-ferrous metals plant em Belgium (1 unitless). Subsetor: other-metals. Como non-ferrous metals plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 400–1200°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 de metais não ferrosos fundem, refinam e funderm metais em fornos e cadinhos acima de seus pontos de fusão; as perdas de transferências não isoladas e vasos de retenção são significativas.

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 213,000 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.

Local climate

UMICORE - HOBOKEN sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Coca-Cola European Partners Belgium · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Friesland Foods Belgie/Belgique · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Vitol Antwerp N.V. Refinery · Refinery
• TotalEnergies Fina Antwerp Olefin, Antwerp · Petrochemical · 1,454,499 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Antwerp Refinery · Refinery · 3,351,572 t CO₂
• Total Antwerp Refinery · Refinery · 3,690,004 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.1677, 4.3348. View on OpenStreetMap.

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