Ovako Hofors steel plant

Ovako Hofors steel plant is a steel plant in Sweden with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Ovako AB. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 steel plants tracked in Sweden. It emits about 38,405 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,952 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 86% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567047.

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Con 500,000 t of steel, Ovako Hofors steel plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Sweden (1,500,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 94% 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 38,405 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 Sweden

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

Operator

Operated by Ovako AB. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ovako Hofors steel plant sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 60.5°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 #4 largest of 4 steel plants in Sweden by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Outokumpu Avesta steel plant · Steel Plant · 45,577 t CO₂
• Sundsvall aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 285,482 t CO₂
• Kubikenborg Aluminium AB · Metals Plant · 183,000 t CO₂
• SCA Ortviken Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 152,754 t CO₂
• SCA Massa Östrands massafabrik SCA Graphic Sundsvall AB Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 458,263 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 60.54938, 16.30369. View on OpenStreetMap.

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