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Process Data set: Hydro REDUXA 4.0, Wire Rod (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location NO
Geographical representativeness description The Hydro REDUXA 4.0, Wire Rod covered in this EPD has all of Europe as its main market and is used for electric cables and wires.
Reference year 2025
Name
Hydro REDUXA 4.0, Wire Rod
Use advice for data set Cradle to gate with options. The following stages have been declared: A1-A4, C2-C4, and D. Further specified in the flow sheets shown in figure 2 and figure 3. Sub module A5 and all modules under B are not declared in this EPD as the wire rod is used cables and wires with no need for specific installation or maintenance. . Module D covers the potential benefits from recycling of 934 grams of Aluminium wire rod after end of useful life. Module D covers all necessary processes from C3 until the aluminium is back on the market and can be compared to the environmental performance of an average market aluminium wire or cable. The module is further specified in the section LCA: Scenarios and additional technical information.
Technical purpose of product or process All products are produced according to relevant European standards specified in EN 1715 Aluminium and aluminium alloys - Drawing stock. The products are variants within the 1000 alloy group. It is produced in diameter from 9.5 to 22 mm, delivered in coils of 2-3 tonnes. https://www.hydro.com/en/global/aluminium/products/casthouse-products/wire-rod-for cable-and-wire-solutions/
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • EPDNorge: Construction / Steel and Aluminium
General comment on data set The data quality for the foreground system is very good with specific data for the year 2023 for all inputs and outputs for the wire rod plant. The data quality is good for all the main material input which is primary aluminium and pre- and post-consumer scrap from specific suppliers. Data for the background system are mainly from ecoinvent 3.10 (Wernet et al. 2016 and Ecoinvent 2024) as implemented in the software SimaPro, version 9.6.0.1 (Pré 2024). Some data for background systems have also been collected and implemented in the model as part of the project. The allocation is made in accordance with the provisions of EN 15804+A2. Infrastructure of the plant, incoming energy, water and waste production in-house is allocated equally among all products through mass allocation. Allocation between aluminium hydroxide and aluminium oxide in the production of alumina for primary metal added in the process are done through economic allocation. The potential environmental impacts from production of primary aluminium are not transferred to post-consumer recycled aluminium. Only the recycling process and transportation of the material is allocated to the potential post-consumer scrap used for the aluminium at the casthouse producing Hydro REDUXA 4.0. Fig. 3 shows the incoming materials to Hydro plants and main production processes relevant for modules A1-A4. At the far left of the figure, where post-consumer scrap and external cold metal is entering the process (from module A1), there are several different suppliers of both post-consumer scrap and cold metal. The names of these are not disclosed here for reasons of confidentiality. All major raw materials and all the essential energy is included. Detailed production process for raw materials and both renewable and non-renewable energy flows that are included with very small amounts (<1%) are not included. When applying the cut-off criteria for this EPD, mass and energy flows have been gathered for the entire production system and all processes in the foreground system including A1 to A4. Cut-off has only been applied to module C1 where it is assumed that renewable and non renewable energy and material use is less than 1% of total use of materials, that none of these are hazardous and does not contribute to significant environmental impacts. The total exclusion of mass and energy flows is well below 5% per module and for the system in total.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Biogenic carbon content
  • Carbon content (biogenic): 0.0 kg
  • Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2030
Time representativeness description 2025-02-13 - 2030-02-13
Technological representativeness

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Input
  • 56
  • 0.0156
  • 0
  • 0.0023
  • 0.233
  • 0.00143
  • -23.1
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 56
  • 0.0156
  • 0
  • 0.0023
  • 0.233
  • 0.00143
  • -23.1
Input
  • 8.12
  • 0.0803
  • 0
  • 0.0111
  • 0.52
  • 0.00213
  • -32.4
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 8.12
  • 0.0803
  • 0
  • 0.0111
  • 0.52
  • 0.00213
  • -32.4
Input
  • 0.00478
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0.538
  • 0.000136
  • 0
  • 0.0000185
  • 0.000832
  • -0.000172
  • -0.119
Output
  • 0.0469
  • 0.0000077
  • 0
  • 9E-7
  • 0.00617
  • 9.78E-8
  • -0.00351
Output
  • 3
  • 0.0765
  • 0
  • 0.00791
  • 1.31
  • 0.121
  • -0.98
Output
  • 0.0000234
  • 3.03E-7
  • 0
  • 4.31E-8
  • 0.00000238
  • 1.78E-8
  • -0.000161
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0.934
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0.0259
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 8.12
  • 0.0803
  • 0
  • 0.0111
  • 0.519
  • 0.00213
  • -32.4
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.00000489
  • 1.51E-7
  • 0
  • 3.09E-8
  • 0.00000617
  • 2.05E-9
  • 0.0000831
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.0218
  • 0.00038
  • 0
  • 0.0000198
  • 0.000797
  • 0.00000369
  • -0.0318
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • 0.0613
  • 0.0000352
  • 0
  • 0.00000658
  • 0.00281
  • 0.000028
  • -0.013
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 3.79
  • 0.0669
  • 0
  • 0.0095
  • 0.247
  • 0.000723
  • -5.27
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 3.93
  • 0.0669
  • 0
  • 0.00951
  • 0.25
  • 0.000751
  • -5.38
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.081
  • 0.0000225
  • 0
  • 0.00000315
  • 0.000107
  • 1.59E-7
  • -0.0957
  • 3.869
  • 0.06686
  • 0
  • 0.009503
  • 0.2472
  • 0.000723
  • -5.367
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0.000046
  • 5.21E-7
  • 0
  • 7.41E-8
  • 0.00000672
  • 7.05E-9
  • -0.000189
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0.00327
  • 0.0000831
  • 0
  • 0.00000463
  • 0.000094
  • 0.00000159
  • -0.00444
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0.037
  • 0.000923
  • 0
  • 0.0000513
  • 0.00115
  • 0.0000159
  • -0.0487
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.0137
  • 0.000419
  • 0
  • 0.0000329
  • 0.000387
  • 0.00000569
  • -0.019
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 7.18E-8
  • 1.65E-9
  • 0
  • 1.89E-10
  • 2.17E-9
  • 1.9E-11
  • -6.18E-8
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 0.359
  • 0.00426
  • 0
  • 0.000555
  • 0.0167
  • -0.000135
  • -0.712

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 De-construction
C1
 Transport
C2
 Waste processing
C3
 Disposal
C4
 Recycling Potential
D
1This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.
2The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experiences with the indicator.
Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) 1
  • 0.0405
  • 0.00045
  • 0
  • 0.0000617
  • 0.00237
  • 0.0000294
  • -0.215
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) 2
  • 2.57E-7
  • 5.44E-9
  • 0
  • 6.96E-10
  • 1.44E-8
  • 7.9E-11
  • -4.07E-7
Potential Soil quality index (SQP) 2
  • 14.3
  • 0.817
  • 0
  • 0.0807
  • 1.49
  • 0.0242
  • -2.3
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) 2
  • 3.48E-8
  • 6.92E-10
  • 0
  • 1.03E-10
  • 5.72E-9
  • 4.02E-10
  • -3.8E-8
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) 2
  • 1.69E-8
  • 3.7E-10
  • 0
  • 6.7E-11
  • 1.31E-9
  • 4E-12
  • -1.44E-8
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) 2
  • 14.1
  • 0.29
  • 0
  • 0.0443
  • 1.87
  • 0.104
  • -15.6