CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant

CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant is a steel plant in Chile with a reported capacity of 1,085,519 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 steel plants tracked in Chile. It emits about 947,868 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 220,948 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 62% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566477.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,085,519 t of steel, CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant è attorno a la mediana di steel plant in Chile (1,085,519 t of steel). Sottosettore: iron-and-steel. Come steel plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Gli impianti siderurgici bruciano carbone in altiforni o utilizzano archi elettrici per fondere rottami; in entrambi i casi, il metallo fuso deve essere mantenuto sopra i 1.500°C e trasferito attraverso estesi tubi e recipienti caldi.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 947,868 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 Chile

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

Operator

Operated by Compania Siderurgica Huachipato SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

CAP Acero Huachipato steel plant sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 36.7°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 2 steel plants in Chile by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Talcahuano Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 17,991 t CO₂
• ENAP Bio-Bio Refinery · Refinery · 1,283,437 t CO₂
• Celulosa Arauco y Constitución - Arauco Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 989,562 t CO₂
• Nueva Aldea pulp · Pulp & Paper Mill · 837,321 t CO₂
• CMPC Celulosa S.A. - Laja Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 65,971 t CO₂
• CMPC Celulosa S.A. Sante Fe · Pulp & Paper Mill · 332,391 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates -36.7477, -73.12749. View on OpenStreetMap.

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