BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant

BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant is a steel plant in Australia with a reported capacity of 3,200,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by BlueScope Steel Ltd. By capacity it ranks #1 of 4 steel plants tracked in Australia. It emits about 4,793,517 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 1,117,370 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 177% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566431.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 3,200,000 t of steel, BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant está muy por encima de la mediana de steel plant en Australia (1,200,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 17% por encima de la mediana de steel plant. Subsector: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 800–1500°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de acero queman carbón en altos hornos o utilizan arcos eléctricos para fundir chatarra; en ambos casos el metal fundido debe mantenerse por encima de 1.500°C y transferirse a través de tuberías y recipientes calientes extensos.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 4,793,517 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 Australia

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

Operator

Operated by BlueScope Steel Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

BlueScope Port Kembla steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 34.5°S in the southern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #1 largest of 4 steel plants in Australia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Plaspro Enterprises Pty Ltd · Textiles · 31,869 t CO₂
• New Berrima Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 292,619 t CO₂
• Qenos Pty. Ltd., Botany,NSW · Petrochemical
• Haverick Meats Butcher · Food & Beverage · 988,239 t CO₂
• GFG Liberty Sydney Steel Mill · Steel Plant · 46,625 t CO₂
• Tomago aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,286,441 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -34.46084, 150.88502. View on OpenStreetMap.

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