Marcegaglia Fos Sur Mer steel plant

Marcegaglia Fos Sur Mer steel plant is a steel plant in France with a reported capacity of 900,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by Marcegaglia Holding SpA. By capacity it ranks #4 of 11 steel plants tracked in France. It emits about 34,764 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 8,103 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 93% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1567252.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

900,000 t of steel'de, Marcegaglia Fos Sur Mer steel plant France'daki steel plant'lerin medyanı yaklaşık 825,000 t of steel'dir. Alt sektör: iron-and-steel. steel plant olarak, temel endüstriyel işlemleri için yoğun proses ısısı (tipik olarak 800–1500°C) gerektirir — kazanlar, fırınlar veya doğrudan yanma ile sağlanması gereken ısı, ve izolasyon yapılmamış kaplar ve boruların kayıpları harcanan yakıtı temsil eder. Modüler çıkarılabilir yalıtım bu kayıpları %80–96 oranında azaltabilir, yüzeyleri ≤45°C'ye soğutabilir, geri ödeme süresi genellikle 2 yıldan azdır. Çelik fabrikaları yüksek ocaklarda kömür yakar veya hurda ergitmek için elektrik ark kullanır; her iki durumda da eritilmiş metal 1.500°C'nin üstünde tutulmalı ve geniş sıcak borular ve kaplar aracılığıyla aktarılmalıdır.

Kapasite ve CO₂ yoğunluğu karşılaştırması Climate TRACE endüstriyel tesis verilerinden hesaplanmıştır; sektör rolü mühendislik referansına dayanmaktadır.

What 34,764 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 France

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

Operator

Operated by Marcegaglia Holding SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Marcegaglia Fos Sur Mer steel plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 43.4°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 #4 largest of 11 steel plants in France by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ArcelorMittal Méditerranée Fos sur Mer steel plant · Steel Plant · 4,780,174 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Fos-sur-Mer Refinery · Refinery · 1,213,600 t CO₂
• INEOS Lavera Marseilles Refinery · Refinery · 2,443,631 t CO₂
• INEOS, Lavera · Petrochemical · 927,870 t CO₂
• Bouches-du-Rhône Department · Aluminium Smelter · 47,088 t CO₂
• Chaux De Provence Sacam · Lime Plant · 193,379 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.445, 4.8468. View on OpenStreetMap.

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