Chemical Plant in France. Approximate location 49.48036, 0.20638.
Chemical PlantFranceCO₂ reported
Le Havre Fertilizers is a chemical plant in France with a reported capacity of 181,440 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by Yara International ASA. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 chemical plants tracked in France. It emits about 242,714 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 56,577 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-45257130.
在181,440 t of chemical时，Le Havre Fertilizers是France中chemical plant的中位数低于 600,000 t of chemical。 子部门：chemicals。 作为chemical plant，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常100–500°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。 化学厂生产范围广泛的工业和专用化学品，许多需要精确的温度控制和持续的热输入来进行反应和分离。
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 (t of chemical), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Yara International ASA. All facilities by this operator →
Le Havre Fertilizers sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.5°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest of 4 chemical plants in France by reported capacity.
Coordinates 49.48036, 0.20638. View on OpenStreetMap.
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.
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 12,000 MWh/yr (≈ 2,400 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. Energy-savings certificate premiums for efficiency works; 6th period from 1 Jan 2026 (+35% obligation, 1050 TWhc/yr).
Obligation. Now CONSUMPTION-based: if avg annual final energy >2.75 GWh over 3 yrs, mandatory regulatory energy audit; first audit for newly-covered sites by 11 Oct 2026. (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.
Le Havre Fertilizers is a chemical plant in France. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals.
Le Havre Fertilizers has a reported capacity of 181,440 t of chemical.
Le Havre Fertilizers emits about 242,714 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 56,577 cars. That ranks #49 among tracked facilities in France.
Le Havre Fertilizers is in France, near coordinates 49.48036, 0.20638.
Le Havre Fertilizers is operated by Yara International ASA.
