Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke plant

Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke plant is a steel plant in Switzerland with a reported capacity of 650,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Swiss Steel Holding AG. By capacity it ranks #2 of 2 steel plants tracked in Switzerland. It emits about 45,547 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 10,617 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-1567235.

文脈内で：この施設がどのように比較されるか

650,000 t of steelで、Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke plantはSwitzerlandのsteel plantの中央値約 720,000 t of steelです。 サブセクター：iron-and-steel。 steel plantとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱（通常800–1500°C）が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80～96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 製鉄所は高炉で石炭を燃焼させるか、電気アークを使用してスクラップを溶融します。どちらの場合でも溶融金属は1,500°C以上に保つ必要があり、広範な高温配管および容器を通じて転送されます。

容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。

What 45,547 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 Swiss Steel Holding AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Swiss Steel Emmenbrücke plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 47.3°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 #2 largest of 2 steel plants in Switzerland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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Location

Coordinates 47.30818, 7.8736. View on OpenStreetMap.

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