Hydro Aluminium, Årdal Metallverk

Hydro Aluminium, Årdal Metallverk 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 #7 of 21 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in Norway. It emits about 304,095 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 70,885 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 562% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673376.

在上下文中：该设施如何比较

在1 unitless时，Hydro Aluminium, Årdal Metallverk是Norway中non-ferrous metals plant的中位数约 1 unitless。 其单位容量的CO₂约为non-ferrous metals plant中位数的高于 11%。 子部门：other-metals。 作为non-ferrous metals plant，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常400–1200°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。 有色金属厂在其熔点以上的炉和坩埚中熔化、精炼和铸造金属；来自未隔热转移和储存容器的损失是显著的。

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 304,095 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

Hydro Aluminium, Årdal Metallverk sits in a Mediterranean subarctic climate zone (Köppen Dsc), at 61.3°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 #7 largest of 21 non-ferrous metals plants in Norway by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Aardal aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 441,199 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 61.31157, 7.82489. View on OpenStreetMap.

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