Steel Plant in China. Approximate location 36.63897, 113.98241.
Steel PlantChinaCO₂ estimate (modelled)Status: cancelled (GEM)
Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Its listed capacity is 2,250,000 t of steel. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels. It is operated by Hebei New Wuan Lron and Steel Group Hong Rong Lron and Steel Co Ltd. By capacity it ranks #115 among 164 steel plants in China. It emits about 3,621,936 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 844k passenger cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 74% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567258.
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.
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
At 2,250,000 t of steel, Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd is below the median steel plant in China (3,428,000 t of steel). Subsector: iron-and-steel. As steel plant, it requires high process heat (typically 800–1500°C) 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 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, 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 1,500°C 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 estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
At its reported 3.6M t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd carries no domestic carbon price — and as a CBAM-covered product, its 3.6M t at the EU CBAM rate (€75/t) is €273M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈72k t–181k t/yr, worth €5.5M–€13.6M, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: 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 →
Listed capacity (t of steel), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Hebei New Wuan Lron and Steel Group Hong Rong Lron and Steel Co Ltd.
Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd sits in a monsoon hot-summer continental climate zone (Köppen Dwa), at 36.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1370 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.05× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1302 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 Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
The #115 largest of 164 steel plants in China by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Coordinates 36.63897, 113.98241. 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: 200–1,200 °C.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 6,000 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 2,000 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.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd is a steel plant in China. Steel plants burn coal in blast furnaces or use electric arcs to melt scrap; in both cases the molten metal must be kept above 1,500°C and transferred through extensive hot piping and vessels.
The open dataset lists 2,250,000 t of steel of capacity for Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd.
The page uses about 3,621,936 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #199 among facilities in China by estimated CO₂.
Hebei Xin Wuan Steel Group Hongrong Iron and Steel Co Ltd is in China at approximately 36.63897, 113.98241.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Hebei New Wuan Lron and Steel Group Hong Rong Lron and Steel Co Ltd.
