Emsteel Abu Dhabi plant

Emsteel Abu Dhabi plant is a steel plant in United Arab Emirates with a reported capacity of 3,600,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Emsteel Building Materials PJSC. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 steel plants tracked in United Arab Emirates. It emits about 2,617,390 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 610,114 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566423.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 3,600,000 t of steel, Emsteel Abu Dhabi plant è attorno a la mediana di steel plant in United Arab Emirates (3,600,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 52% al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant. 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 2,617,390 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 Arab Emirates

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

Operator

Operated by Emsteel Building Materials PJSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Emsteel Abu Dhabi plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.3°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 #1 largest of 2 steel plants in United Arab Emirates by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Abu Dhabi Municipal Region · Aluminium Smelter · 663,169 t CO₂
• Arabian Gulf Steel Industries Abu Dhabi plant · Steel Plant · 1,827,542 t CO₂
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Umm Al-Narr Refinery · Refinery
• Taweelah Shaheen Alumina Refinery · Aluminium Smelter · 4,739,433 t CO₂
• Taweelah-Abu Dhabi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 3,459,725 t CO₂
• ENOC Jebel Ali Refinery · Refinery · 1,233,224 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 24.32207, 54.46516. View on OpenStreetMap.

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