POSCO Pohang steel plant

POSCO Pohang steel plant is a steel plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 17,551,820 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by POSCO Holdings Inc. By capacity it ranks #2 of 16 steel plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 24,457,044 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 5,700,943 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 158% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566957.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 17,551,820 t of steel ist POSCO Pohang steel plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in South Korea (2,101,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 2268% 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.

What 24,457,044 t CO₂e a year looks like

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.

Capacity vs largest steel plants in South Korea

Reported capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by POSCO Holdings Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

POSCO Pohang steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 36.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2 largest of 16 steel plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hyundai Steel Pohang steel plant · Steel Plant · 200,053 t CO₂
• SeAH Steel Pohang plant · Steel Plant · 238,892 t CO₂
• Dongkuk Steel Pohang steel plant · Steel Plant · 82,375 t CO₂
• Union Corp Pohang Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,377,321 t CO₂
• SK Ulsan Refinery · Refinery · 7,295,436 t CO₂
• SK geo centric, Ulsan · Petrochemical · 1,166,343 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.01826, 129.39378. View on OpenStreetMap.

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