Ovako Imatra steel plant

Ovako Imatra steel plant is a steel plant in Finland with a reported capacity of 575,000 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 #3 of 3 steel plants tracked in Finland. It emits about 49,870 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 11,625 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 84% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566815.

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Con 575,000 t of steel, Ovako Imatra steel plant è al di sotto di la mediana di steel plant in Finland (1,200,000 t of steel). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 20% 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 49,870 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 Finland

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 Imatra steel plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 61.1°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 #3 largest of 3 steel plants in Finland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Pulp Invest LLC - Svetogorsk Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 83,766 t CO₂
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• Metsä Fibre Oy - Joutseno Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 302,260 t CO₂
• UPM Group - Paper Industry - Kaukas Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
• Lappeenranta Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 106,600 t CO₂
• Nordkalk Oy Ab, Ihalaisen Kaivos · Lime Plant · 102,352 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 61.14861, 28.79916. View on OpenStreetMap.

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