Steel Plant in Germany. Approximate location 49.24413, 6.85323.
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Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant is a steel plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 3,240,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Saarstahl AG. By capacity it ranks #5 of 19 steel plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 3,564,187 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 830,813 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 104% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566782.
Bei 3,240,000 t of steel ist Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in Germany (1,400,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 1739% 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 Saarstahl AG. All facilities by this operator →
Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.2°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #5 largest of 19 steel plants in Germany by reported capacity.
Coordinates 49.24413, 6.85323. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant is a steel plant in Germany. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant has a reported capacity of 3,240,000 t of steel.
Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant emits about 3,564,187 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 830,813 cars. That ranks #8 among tracked facilities in Germany.
Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant is in Germany, near coordinates 49.24413, 6.85323.
Saarstahl Völklingen Steelmaking Plant is operated by Saarstahl AG.