JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant

JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant is a steel plant in Japan with a reported capacity of 9,999,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by JFE Steel Corp. By capacity it ranks #3 of 40 steel plants tracked in Japan. It emits about 13,044,457 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 3,040,666 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 141% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566916.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 9,999,000 t of steel, JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant é bem acima de a mediana de steel plant em Japan (973,658 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 2156% acima de a mediana de steel plant. Subsetor: iron-and-steel. Como steel plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1500°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As usinas de aço queimam carvão em altos-fornos ou usam arcos elétricos para derreter sucata; em ambos os casos, o metal fundido deve ser mantido acima de 1.500°C e transferido através de tubulações e vasos de calor extensos.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 13,044,457 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 Japan

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

Operator

Operated by JFE Steel Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 34.5°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 40 steel plants in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• JFE Bars & Shapes Mizushima Works steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,700 t CO₂
• ENEOS Mizushima Refinery · Refinery · 2,996,525 t CO₂
• Tokyo Steel Okayama plant · Steel Plant · 40,945 t CO₂
• Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp, Kurasiki, Okayama · Petrochemical · 697,360 t CO₂
• Collect Co Ltd · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• JFE West Japan Works (Fukuyama) steel plant · Steel Plant · 19,085,123 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.48881, 133.72298. View on OpenStreetMap.

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