POSCO Gwangyang steel plant

POSCO Gwangyang steel plant is a steel plant in South Korea with a reported capacity of 22,999,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by POSCO Holdings Inc. By capacity it ranks #1 of 16 steel plants tracked in South Korea. It emits about 34,799,208 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,111,703 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 180% above the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566956.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 22,999,000 t of steel, POSCO Gwangyang steel plant é bem acima de a mediana de steel plant em South Korea (2,101,000 t of steel). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 2472% 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 34,799,208 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 South Korea

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

Operator

Operated by POSCO Holdings Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

POSCO Gwangyang steel plant sits in a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate zone (Köppen Cwa), at 34.9°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 #1 largest of 16 steel plants in South Korea by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• GS-Caltex Yeosu Refinery · Refinery · 8,882,869 t CO₂
• GS Caltex Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,017,159 t CO₂
• LG Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 2,712,425 t CO₂
• Lotte Petrochemical Yeosu, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 1,668,141 t CO₂
• Yeochon NCC, Yeochun · Petrochemical · 3,098,945 t CO₂
• SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel plant · Steel Plant · 70,607 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.92027, 127.73214. View on OpenStreetMap.

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