The silicon metal plant (smelteverket) at Holla (Norway, July 2021)

[@coolthingsido1302]

Very interesting!

[@plung3r]

Do you work there ?

[@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag]

No.

[@neelodii6720]

I want to see the inside processes

[@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag]

Then you might want to watch - "How is silicone made anyway?" and/or - "The Production Of Silicon | NTNU" here on KZbin.

[@maninani3275]

@@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag can you share ur mail id please

[@mailill]

Has anyone measured how much chemicals end up polluting the sea from this production? I see that the water closest to the metal plant is black and it seems it goes out in the fiord. And what about air pollution?

[@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag]

Regarding WATER pollution: As far as I know, the plant's only direct emissions into water is lot's of warmed up seawater (cooling water) through pipes that lay on the bottom of the fjord. The narrow strip of dark water we see between the mainland and the plant (left in the frame at 03:00) is a small river flowing into the fjord. The water color does indeed look suspicious, but is probably the natural color of the river (on that day), on top of brackish-water vegetation. Regarding AIR pollution: Smoke/particle emissions vary from (often) far less to (seldom) maybe twice as much as seen in this video. Gas emissions are invisible but always present during production (24/7), that's mostly CO2 -- and lot's of it. Apparently the operators have permission from the Norwegian authorities to do what they do. I don't know how the monitoring is done, though.

[@mailill]

@@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag Thank you for that thorough answer!🙏😊

[@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag]

@@mailill You're welcome. Thanks for your interest!

[@mailill]

@@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag Btw, are they owned by Wacker Chemicals, the German company which now tries to force the municipality to build wind power turbines? I just read an article called "Tysk selskap krever vindkraft i norsk kommune" in the "Nettavisen"

[@rahas_mediearkiv_HeimTrondelag]

@@mailill The plant is currently owned by Wacker Chemicals, an international company with HQ in Germany. The plant management and workforce is Norwegian. Neither one "tries to force the municipality to build wind power turbines". That phrase is an exaggeration of the Nettavisen headline, which itself is untrue, and also not what the article text says. Apparently someone at Nettavisen decided it's OK to lie to get more clicks.

[@kelleykuensting5897]

Not so clean and green, eh???