Medicine Hat Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex

Medicine Hat Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex is a chemical plant in Canada with a reported capacity of 1,135,000 t of chemical. It manufactures industrial and specialty chemicals. It is operated by CF Industries Inc. By capacity it ranks #3 of 10 chemical plants tracked in Canada. It emits about 1,489,602 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 347,227 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-45257141.

在上下文中：该设施如何比较

在1,135,000 t of chemical时，Medicine Hat Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex是Canada中chemical plant的中位数远高于 550,000 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。

What 1,489,602 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 chemical plants in Canada

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

Operator

Operated by CF Industries Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Medicine Hat Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 50.1°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 #3 largest of 10 chemical plants in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• CAN-Division No. 1_methanol · Chemical Plant · 688,860 t CO₂
• Rocky Mountain Packing Co · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 50.08811, -110.71542. View on OpenStreetMap.

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