Steel Plant in Belgium. Approximate location 50.41496, 4.53187.
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Aperam Stainless Belgium Chatelet steel plant is a steel plant in Belgium. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels. It is operated by Aperam Stainless Belgium NV. It emits about 168,669 t CO2e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 39k passenger cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO2e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566442.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO2e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
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Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 8001500C) for its core industrial operations heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 8096%, surface-cooling equipment to 45C, with payback often under 2 years. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
Capacity & CO2-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
This facility's reported annual CO2e in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
At its reported 169k t CO2e/yr (Scope 1), Aperam Stainless Belgium Chatelet steel plant carries 13.4M/yr of carbon at the full EU ETS price (79/t CO2). Free allocation phases out to 2034 (Reg. (EU) 2023/956), so today's bill is lower and rising toward this full-price figure. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 25% of fuel-related CO2 here 3k t8k t/yr, worth 268k670k, with payback up to 2 years.
Measured CO2: 154k t/yr — verified EUTL (reporting year 2023) (9% below the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 169k t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU ETS 79/t EU ETS 79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO2: measured (EUTL RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site
Operated by Aperam Stainless Belgium NV. All facilities by this operator →
Aperam Stainless Belgium Chatelet steel plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Koppen Cfb), at 50.4°N in the northern hemisphere.
Koppen zone: Koppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1400 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1330 W/m² of that. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Koppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
Coordinates 50.41496, 4.53187. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a steel plant, the main modular-insulation targets are reheat & annealing furnaces, ladles, hot-blast stoves, steam & gas ducting. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 2001,200 C C.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 3,700 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 1,300 t CO2e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
Obligation
This facility is inside the EU. For thermal equipment, insulation upgrades can support ETS exposure reduction and energy-efficiency compliance.
Sources: EU ETS, CBAM and national energy-efficiency schemes.
Aperam Stainless Belgium Chatelet steel plant is a steel plant in Belgium. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
The page uses about 168,669 t CO2e/year from the open dataset It ranks #16 among facilities in Belgium by reported CO2.
Aperam Stainless Belgium Chatelet steel plant is in Belgium at approximately 50.41496, 4.53187.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Aperam Stainless Belgium NV.
