Steel Plant in Japan. Approximate location 42.34182, 140.99791.
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North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant is a steel plant in Japan with a reported capacity of 2,200,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Nippon Steel Corp. By capacity it ranks #14 of 40 steel plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 2,191,669 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 510,879 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 84% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38089122.
Bei 2,200,000 t of steel ist North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in Japan (973,658 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 1623% 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 Nippon Steel Corp. All facilities by this operator →
North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 42.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #14 largest of 40 steel plants in Japan by reported capacity.
Coordinates 42.34182, 140.99791. View on OpenStreetMap.
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North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant is a steel plant in Japan. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant has a reported capacity of 2,200,000 t of steel.
North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant emits about 2,191,669 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 510,879 cars. That ranks #14 among tracked facilities in Japan.
North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant is in Japan, near coordinates 42.34182, 140.99791.
North Nippon Muroran Works steel plant is operated by Nippon Steel Corp.