Xining Special Steel Co Ltd

Xining Special Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China with a reported capacity of 900,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Xining Special Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #276 of 363 steel plants tracked in China. It emits about 1,540,950 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 359,196 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 217% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32440552.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 900,000 t of steel ist Xining Special Steel Co Ltd unter dem Medianwert von steel plant in China (2,300,000 t of steel). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 34% 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 1,540,950 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 China

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

Operator

Operated by Xining Special Steel Co Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Xining Special Steel Co Ltd sits in a monsoon warm-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwb), at 36.7°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 #276 largest of 363 steel plants in China by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Xining, Qinghai (Wuchan Industry) aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 182,652 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xining aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,434,468 t CO₂
• Qinghai Xinye aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,168,826 t CO₂
• Xibu aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 456,631 t CO₂
• Xining, Qinghai aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 850,055 t CO₂
• Qinghai Wanrong Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · Lime Plant · 269,847 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 36.66893, 101.67092. View on OpenStreetMap.

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