Ovako Imatra steel plant

Ovako Imatra steel plant is a steel plant in Finland with a reported capacity of 575,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Ovako AB. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 steel plants tracked in Finland. It emits about 49,870 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 11,625 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 84% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566815.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 575,000 t of steel, Ovako Imatra steel plant é abaixo de a mediana de steel plant em Finland (1,200,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 20% abaixo 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 49,870 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 Finland

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

Operator

Operated by Ovako AB. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ovako Imatra steel plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 61.1°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 3 steel plants in Finland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Metsä Fibre Oy - Joutseno Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 302,260 t CO₂
• UPM Group - Paper Industry - Kaukas Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
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• Nordkalk Oy Ab, Ihalaisen Kaivos · Lime Plant · 102,352 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 61.14861, 28.79916. View on OpenStreetMap.

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