Steel Plant in France. Approximate location 51.03792, 2.29613.
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ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant is a steel plant in France with a reported capacity of 6,750,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine SAS. By capacity it ranks #1 of 11 steel plants tracked in France. It emits about 8,859,539 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 2,065,161 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 143% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566816.
Bei 6,750,000 t of steel ist ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in France (825,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 3298% über dem Medianwert von steel plant. 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.
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 steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine SAS. All facilities by this operator →
ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 11 steel plants in France by reported capacity.
Coordinates 51.03792, 2.29613. View on OpenStreetMap.
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ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant is a steel plant in France. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant has a reported capacity of 6,750,000 t of steel.
ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant emits about 8,859,539 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 2,065,161 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in France.
ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant is in France, near coordinates 51.03792, 2.29613.
ArcelorMittal Dunkerque steel plant is operated by ArcelorMittal Atlantique et Lorraine SAS.