İÇDAŞ Biga steel plant

İÇDAŞ Biga steel plant is a steel plant in Türkiye with a reported capacity of 5,001,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Içdaş Çelik Enerji Tersane Ve Ulaşim Sanayi AŞ. By capacity it ranks #2 of 26 steel plants tracked in Türkiye. It emits about 318,382 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 74,215 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 88% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567069.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 5,001,000 t of steel, İÇDAŞ Biga steel plant está muy por encima de la mediana de steel plant en Türkiye (1,400,000 t of steel). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 32% por debajo 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 318,382 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 Türkiye

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

Operator

Operated by Içdaş Çelik Enerji Tersane Ve Ulaşim Sanayi AŞ. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

İÇDAŞ Biga steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 40.4°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 #2 largest of 26 steel plants in Türkiye by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Bnk Tekstil Ve Konfeksiyon San. Ve Tic. A.S. Gönen Şubesi · Textiles · 7,168 t CO₂
• Embosan Emprime Boya San Ve Tic As · Textiles · 7,168 t CO₂
• Artesa (Yalçın Tekstil) · Textiles · 7,168 t CO₂
• Kaptan Ereglisi steel plant · Steel Plant · 89,129 t CO₂
• Penti Corap San. Ve Tic. A.Ş (Factory 1) · Textiles · 7,168 t CO₂
• Ereks Konfeksi̇yon San Ve Ti̇c A.Ş.-Blue Matters · Textiles · 7,168 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.44312, 27.13787. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A steel plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: reheat & annealing furnaces, ladles, hot-blast stoves, steam & gas ducting (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 3,800 MWh/yr (≈ 1,300 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

• Japan JCM (Joint Crediting Mechanism) — Japan co-finances diffusion of decarbonising tech incl. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY in partner countries, in exchange for carbon credits. Channels: MOEJ model projects, ADB trust funds, NEDO demonstrations.
• UK International Climate Finance (ICF / ODA) — ~GBP 6bn ODA over 3 yrs; industrial-decarbonisation flows via Climate Investment Funds (CIF) - Clean Technology Fund.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF) + ADB / World Bank / UNIDO — Concessional finance & grants for industrial energy efficiency. E.g. GCF $200M ADB-led India Green Finance Facility; World Bank FP071 'Scaling Up Energy Efficiency for Industrial Enterprises in Vietnam'; ASEAN ACGF energy-efficiency revolving funds incl. SMEs.

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

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