Aughinish Alumina Refinery

Aughinish Alumina Refinery is an aluminium smelter in Ireland with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 aluminium smelters tracked in Ireland. It emits about 2,325,266 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 542,020 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 44% below the median aluminium smelter.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-43764957.

在上下文中：该设施如何比较

在2,000,000 t of alumina/aluminum时，Aughinish Alumina Refinery是Ireland中aluminium smelter的中位数约 2,000,000 t of alumina/aluminum。 其单位容量的CO₂约为aluminium smelter中位数的低于 18%。 子部门：aluminum。 作为aluminium smelter，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常600–900°C）来进行其核心工业操作——必须通过锅炉、炉或直接燃烧供应的热量，通过未隔热的容器和管道的损失代表浪费的燃料。可拆卸模块化绝缘可以将这些损失减少80-96%，将表面冷却至≤45°C，投资回收期通常不到2年。 铝冶炼厂使用大电流将氧化铝精炼成900°C以上的熔融铝，热金属必须通过坩埚和铸造设备流动。

容量和CO₂强度比较从Climate TRACE工业设施数据计算得出；部门角色基于工程参考。

What 2,325,266 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 Ireland

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

Operator

Operated by United Company RUSAL PJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Aughinish Alumina Refinery sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°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 2 aluminium smelters in Ireland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Adare-Rathkeale Municipal District · Aluminium Smelter · 138,729 t CO₂
• Limerick Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 237,549 t CO₂
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Listowel) · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Charleville) · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.61855, -9.07764. View on OpenStreetMap.

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