Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works

Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works is a steel plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 1,800,000 t of steel. It produces crude steel from iron ore (blast furnace) or scrap (electric arc furnace). It is operated by BES Brandenburger Elektrostahlwerke GmbH. By capacity it ranks #9 of 19 steel plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 107,661 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,096 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 89% below the median steel plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1566780.

Bağlamda: bu tesis nasıl karşılaştırılır

1,800,000 t of steel'de, Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works Germany'daki steel plant'lerin medyanı çok üstünde 1,400,000 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 107,661 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by BES Brandenburger Elektrostahlwerke GmbH. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.4°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 #9 largest of 19 steel plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal · Pulp & Paper Mill · 160,166 t CO₂
• Zellstoff Stendal Gmbh · Lime Plant · 1,901,414 t CO₂
• Riva Hennigsdorfer Electric Steel Works · Steel Plant · 59,812 t CO₂
• Louis Dreyfus Company Wittenberg Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Wittenberg Fertilizers Complex · Chemical Plant · 1,347,103 t CO₂
• Glencore Magdeburg Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.403, 12.50164. View on OpenStreetMap.

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