Steel Plant in Sweden. Approximate location 65.56321, 22.21677.
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SSAB Luleå steel plant is a steel plant in Sweden with a reported capacity of 2,313,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by SSAB AB. By capacity it ranks #1 of 4 steel plants tracked in Sweden. It emits about 3,570,588 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 832,305 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 186% above the median steel plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440976.
Bei 2,313,000 t of steel ist SSAB Luleå steel plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von steel plant in Sweden (1,500,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 15% 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 SSAB AB. All facilities by this operator →
SSAB Luleå steel plant sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 65.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 4 steel plants in Sweden by reported capacity.
Coordinates 65.56321, 22.21677. View on OpenStreetMap.
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SSAB Luleå steel plant is a steel plant in Sweden. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace).
SSAB Luleå steel plant has a reported capacity of 2,313,000 t of steel.
SSAB Luleå steel plant emits about 3,570,588 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 832,305 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Sweden.
SSAB Luleå steel plant is in Sweden, near coordinates 65.56321, 22.21677.
SSAB Luleå steel plant is operated by SSAB AB.