Metals Plant in United States. Approximate location 47.68707, -117.21267.
Metals PlantUnited StatesCO₂ reported
Kaiser Aluminum Washington is a non-ferrous metals plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1 unitless. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals. By capacity it ranks #41 of 330 non-ferrous metals plants tracked in United States. It emits about 110,568 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,773 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 141% above the median non-ferrous metals plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3673401.
在1 unitless时，Kaiser Aluminum Washington是United States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 196%。 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。
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).
Kaiser Aluminum Washington sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 47.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #41 largest of 330 non-ferrous metals plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 47.68707, -117.21267. 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 2,100 MWh/yr (≈ 420 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.
Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.
Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).
Verified 2026; confirm current scheme terms before applying.
Kaiser Aluminum Washington is a non-ferrous metals plant in United States. It smelts or refines non-ferrous metals.
Kaiser Aluminum Washington has a reported capacity of 1 unitless.
Kaiser Aluminum Washington emits about 110,568 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,773 cars. That ranks #639 among tracked facilities in United States.
Kaiser Aluminum Washington is in United States, near coordinates 47.68707, -117.21267.
