Baoji (Fengxiang) Methanol

Baoji (Fengxiang) Methanol is a chemical plant in China with a reported capacity of 600,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Xuzhou Mining (Group) Xinjiang Tianshan Mining Industry Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #64 of 157 chemical plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,708,800 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 398,322 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 100% below the median chemical plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-45257039.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

600,000 t of chemical'de, Baoji (Fengxiang) Methanol China'daki chemical plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 483,735 t of chemical'dir. Kapasite başına CO₂'si chemical plant'nin medyanı üstünde kabaca 6%'dir. Alt sektör: chemicals. chemical plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 100–500°C) gerektirir — kazanlar, fırınlar veya doğrudan yanma ile sağlanması gereken ısı, ve izolasyon yapılmamış kaplar ve boruların kayıpları harcanan yakıtı temsil eder. Modüler çıkarılabilir yalıtım bu kayıpları %80–96 oranında azaltabilir, yüzeyleri ≤45°C'ye soğutabilir, geri ödeme süresi genellikle 2 yıldan azdır. Kimya fabrikaları çok çeşitli endüstriyel ve özel kimyasallar üretir; pek çoğu reaksiyonlar ve ayırımlar için hassas sıcaklık kontrolü ve sürdürülen ısı girdisi gerektirir.

Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.

What 1,708,800 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 chemical plants in China

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

Operator

Operated by Xuzhou Mining (Group) Xinjiang Tianshan Mining Industry Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Baoji (Fengxiang) Methanol sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 34.5°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 #64 largest of 157 chemical plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Jidong Cement Fengxiang Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 575,021 t CO₂
• Baoji Zhongxi Jinlinghe Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 620,146 t CO₂
• Baoji Zhengshuo New Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Shaanxi Tianxi Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 658,465 t CO₂
• Baoji Fengcheng New Building Materials Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂
• Qianyang Conch Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 607,926 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.49788, 107.3101. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A chemical plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reactors, crackers, distillation columns, heat exchangers, steam lines, valves & flanges (surface/process temperatures around 150–500 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 30,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,000 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

• Japan JCM (Joint Crediting Mechanism) — Japan co-finances diffusion of decarbonising tech incl. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY in partner countries, in exchange for carbon credits. Channels: MOEJ model projects, ADB trust funds, NEDO demonstrations.
• UK International Climate Finance (ICF / ODA) — ~GBP 6bn ODA over 3 yrs; industrial-decarbonisation flows via Climate Investment Funds (CIF) - Clean Technology Fund.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF) + ADB / World Bank / UNIDO — Concessional finance & grants for industrial energy efficiency. E.g. GCF $200M ADB-led India Green Finance Facility; World Bank FP071 'Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam'; ASEAN ACGF energy-efficiency revolving funds incl. SMEs.

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

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