Wacker Chemicals Norway

Wacker Chemicals Norway is a non-ferrous metals plant in Norway with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #11 of 21 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in Norway. It emits about 274,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 63,869 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 496% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673562.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1 unitless, Wacker Chemicals Norway é em torno de a mediana de non-ferrous metals plant em Norway (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 274,000 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.

Capacity vs largest non-ferrous metals plants in Norway

Reported capacity (unitless), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Wacker Chemicals Norway sits in a subpolar oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfc), at 63.3°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 #11 largest of 21 non-ferrous metals plants in Norway by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Trondheim Tjeldbergodden Methanol · Chemical Plant · 300,375 t CO₂
• NOR-Aure_methanol · Chemical Plant · 40,146 t CO₂
• Elkem Thamshavn · Metals Plant · 277,000 t CO₂
• Hydro Aluminium, Sunndal · Metals Plant · 660,000 t CO₂
• Sunndalsora aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 865,096 t CO₂
• Giax Produksjon As · Textiles · 4,270 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 63.31783, 9.14357. View on OpenStreetMap.

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