British Steel Scunthorpe plant

British Steel Scunthorpe plant is a steel plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 3,201,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by British Steel Ltd. By capacity it ranks #1 of 6 steel plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 2,460,320 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 573,501 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 42% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566826.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 3,201,000 t of steel, British Steel Scunthorpe plant est bien au-dessus de la médiane des steel plant en United Kingdom (2,000,000 t of steel). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 617% au-dessus de la médiane des steel plant. Sous-secteur: iron-and-steel. Comme steel plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 800–1500°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les aciéries brûlent du charbon dans des hauts fourneaux ou utilisent des arcs électriques pour fondre des ferrailles; dans les deux cas, le métal en fusion doit être maintenu au-dessus de 1.500°C et transféré à travers des tuyauteries et récipients chauds étendus.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 2,460,320 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 United Kingdom

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

Operator

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

Local climate

British Steel Scunthorpe plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 53.6°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 6 steel plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Scunthorpe Meat Processing Facility · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Scunthorpe Poultry Processors · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Cherry Valley Farms Ltd, Caistor Poultry Processors · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Chesterfield Poultry Slaughterhouse · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Tranfield Foods Ltd, Meat Products Factory, Hull · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Prax Group Lindsey Oil Refinery · Refinery · 1,036,912 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 53.57937, -0.61173. View on OpenStreetMap.

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