Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant

Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant is a steel plant in Egypt with a reported capacity of 3,900,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Al Ezz Flat Steel Company SAE. By capacity it ranks #1 of 11 steel plants tracked in Egypt. It emits about 2,057,231 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 479,541 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566795.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 3,900,000 t of steel, Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di steel plant in Egypt (1,200,000 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 2,057,231 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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Al Ezz Flat Steel Company SAE. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ezz Flat Steel Ain Sokhna plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 29.7°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 11 steel plants in Egypt by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Al Gioshy Steel Ain Sokhna plant · Steel Plant · 87,487 t CO₂
• Egyptian Steel Ain Sokhna plant · Steel Plant · 102,396 t CO₂
• El Sewedy Cement Attaka Plant · Cement Plant · 713,960 t CO₂
• Suez Cement Attaka Plant · Cement Plant · 877,461 t CO₂
• Arabian Cement Attaka Plant · Cement Plant · 2,376,325 t CO₂
• EGY-'Ataqah_methanol · Chemical Plant · 687,803 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 29.69108, 32.32337. View on OpenStreetMap.

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