Steel Plant in United States. Approximate location 35.72807, -88.80897.
Steel PlantUnited StatesCO₂ reported
Gerdau Jackson steel mill is a steel plant in United States with a reported capacity of 629,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). By capacity it ranks #62 of 75 steel plants tracked in United States. It emits about 34,911 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,138 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 90% below the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42741855.
Bei 629,000 t of steel ist Gerdau Jackson steel mill unter dem Medianwert von steel plant in United States (1,000,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 50% unter 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).
Gerdau Jackson steel mill sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 35.7°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #62 largest of 75 steel plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 35.72807, -88.80897. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Gerdau Jackson steel mill is a steel plant in United States. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Gerdau Jackson steel mill has a reported capacity of 629,000 t of steel.
Gerdau Jackson steel mill emits about 34,911 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,138 cars. That ranks #1307 among tracked facilities in United States.
Gerdau Jackson steel mill is in United States, near coordinates 35.72807, -88.80897.