ESF Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi Riesa plant

ESF Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi Riesa plant is a steel plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH. By capacity it ranks #11 of 19 steel plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 83,737 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 19,519 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566786.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,400,000 t of steel, ESF Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi Riesa plant está alrededor de la mediana de steel plant en Germany (1,400,000 t of steel). 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 83,737 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by ESF Elbe-Stahlwerke Feralpi GmbH. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ESF Elbe Stahlwerke Feralpi Riesa plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.3°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 #11 largest of 19 steel plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Cargill Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Südzucker Ag, Werk Brottewitz · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• GRuNPERGA Papier Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 31,384 t CO₂
• Breitex Gmbh · Textiles · 22,447 t CO₂
• Wittenberg Fertilizers Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,347,103 t CO₂
• Louis Dreyfus Company Wittenberg Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.31309, 13.27701. View on OpenStreetMap.

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