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Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant

Steel Plant in Angola. Approximate location -8.5826, 13.40524.

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Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant is a steel plant in Angola with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It emits about 541,500 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 126,224 cars.

1,000,000t of steel
541,500t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#4CO₂ rank in Angola
0.54t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42740981.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,000,000 t of steel ist Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant etwa um dem Medianwert von steel plant in Angola (1,000,000 t of steel). Untersektor: iron-and-steel. Als steel plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1500°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Stahlwerke verbrennen Kohle in Hochöfen oder nutzen Lichtbogenöfen zum Schmelzen von Schrott; in beiden Fällen muss das geschmolzene Metall über 1.500°C gehalten und durch umfangreiche heiße Rohrleitungen und Behälter geleitet werden.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 541,500 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

126,224cars driven for a year
70,618homes' annual energy use
9,025,000tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Local climate

Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 8.6°S in the southern hemisphere.

~23°Ctypical annual mean
~31°Ctypical warm-season
Hot semi-arid steppe: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

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Location

Coordinates -8.5826, 13.40524. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant?

Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant is a steel plant in Angola. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).

What is the capacity of Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant?

Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant has a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of steel.

How much CO₂ does Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant emit?

Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant emits about 541,500 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 126,224 cars. That ranks #4 among tracked facilities in Angola.

Where is Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant located?

Aceria Angola Bengo steel plant is in Angola, near coordinates -8.5826, 13.40524.

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