Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basauri steel plant

Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basauri steel plant is a steel plant in Spain with a reported capacity of 740,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Sidenor Aceros Especiales SLU. By capacity it ranks #11 of 14 steel plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 34,497 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,041 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 91% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566811.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 740,000 t of steel ist Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basauri steel plant unter dem Medianwert von steel plant in Spain (1,200,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 10% 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.

What 34,497 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 Spain

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

Operator

Operated by Sidenor Aceros Especiales SLU. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basauri steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 43.2°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 #11 largest of 14 steel plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• ALCOA TRANSFORMACION DE PRODUCTOS, S.L. (ALCOA TRANSFORMACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS, S.L.) · Metals Plant · 368,000 t CO₂
• Unilever Foods España, S.A. (Unilever Foods España, S.A.) · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
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Location

Coordinates 43.22631, -2.88294. View on OpenStreetMap.

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