Stahl Gerlafingen steel plant

Stahl Gerlafingen steel plant is a steel plant in Switzerland with a reported capacity of 720,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Stahl Gerlafingen AG. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 steel plants tracked in Switzerland. It emits about 50,453 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 11,761 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 87% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566476.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 720,000 t of steel, Stahl Gerlafingen steel plant è attorno a la mediana di steel plant in Switzerland (720,000 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 50,453 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 Switzerland

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

Operator

Operated by Stahl Gerlafingen AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Stahl Gerlafingen steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 47.2°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 Switzerland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Schweizer Zucker Ag / Werk Aarberg · Food & Beverage · 53,324 t CO₂
• vonRoll casting (rondez) sa · Metals Plant · 1,776 t CO₂
• Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke plant · Steel Plant · 45,547 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 47.17283, 7.56332. View on OpenStreetMap.

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