Megasider Zaragoza steel plant

Megasider Zaragoza steel plant is a steel plant in Spain with a reported capacity of 500,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Megasider Zaragoza SA. By capacity it ranks #14 of 14 steel plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 50,114 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 11,682 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 81% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566810.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 500,000 t of steel, Megasider Zaragoza steel plant é abaixo de a mediana de steel plant em Spain (1,200,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 93% 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 50,114 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 Spain

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

Operator

Operated by Megasider Zaragoza SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Megasider Zaragoza steel plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 41.6°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 #14 largest of 14 steel plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Syral Iberia S.A.U. · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Cooperativa Del Campo "San Miguel" · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Harinera De Tardienta, S.A. · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Morata Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 347,944 t CO₂
• Dolomias De Aragon, S.L. · Lime Plant · 641,452 t CO₂
• Liverco Sl · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.57042, -0.85613. View on OpenStreetMap.

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