JSC Moldova Steel Works

JSC Moldova Steel Works is a steel plant in Moldova with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Moldova Steel Works JSC. It emits about 108,269 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,238 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 80% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566971.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,000,000 t of steel, JSC Moldova Steel Works é em torno de a mediana de steel plant em Moldova (1,000,000 t of steel). 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 108,269 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.

Operator

Operated by Moldova Steel Works JSC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

JSC Moldova Steel Works sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 47.8°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 47.78434, 29.02936. View on OpenStreetMap.

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