Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant

Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant is a steel plant in Austria with a reported capacity of 6,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Voestalpine Stahl GmbH. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 steel plants tracked in Austria. It emits about 10,095,584 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 2,353,283 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 211% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566429.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 6,000,000 t of steel ist Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant etwa um dem Medianwert von steel plant in Austria (6,000,000 t of steel). 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 10,095,584 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 Austria

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

Operator

Operated by Voestalpine Stahl GmbH. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.3°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 #1 largest of 2 steel plants in Austria by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Mondi Neusiedler Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂
• Ybbstaler Zellstoff Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂
• Kirchdorfer Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 149,882 t CO₂
• UPM-Kymmene Steyrermuhl Austria Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 151,083 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.28008, 14.33125. View on OpenStreetMap.

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