Metals Plant in Sweden. Approximate location 62.37568, 17.36377.
Metals PlantSwedenCO₂ reported
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB is a non-ferrous metals plant in Sweden with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #2 of 3 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in Sweden. It emits about 183,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 42,657 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 298% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673405.
1 unitless'de, Kubikenborg Aluminium AB Sweden'daki non-ferrous metals plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 1 unitless'dir. Alt sektör: other-metals. non-ferrous metals plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 400–1200°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. Demir dışı metaller fabrikaları, erime noktalarının üzerindeki ocaklar ve potalar içinde metalleri eritir, rafine eder ve dönerler; izolasyon yapılmamış transferlerden ve tutma kaplarından kayıplar önemlidir.
Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.
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.
Reported capacity (unitless), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 62.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #2 largest of 3 non-ferrous metals plants in Sweden by reported capacity.
Coordinates 62.37568, 17.36377. View on OpenStreetMap.
A non-ferrous metals plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: furnaces, ladles, heat-treatment ovens, ducting & valves (surface/process temperatures around 150–1,000 °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.
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 2,700 MWh/yr (≈ 540 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.
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.
Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).
Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.
EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB is a non-ferrous metals plant in Sweden. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals.
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB has a reported capacity of 1 unitless.
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB emits about 183,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 42,657 cars. That ranks #20 among tracked facilities in Sweden.
Kubikenborg Aluminium AB is in Sweden, near coordinates 62.37568, 17.36377.
