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.

在上下文中：该设施如何比较

在22,999,000 t of steel时，POSCO Gwangyang steel plant是South Korea中steel plant的中位数远高于 2,101,000 t of steel。 其单位容量的CO₂约为steel plant中位数的高于 2472%。 子部门：iron-and-steel。 作为steel plant，它需要强烈的工艺热量（通常800–1500°C）来进行其核心工业操作——必须通过锅炉、炉或直接燃烧供应的热量，通过未隔热的容器和管道的损失代表浪费的燃料。可拆卸模块化绝缘可以将这些损失减少80-96%，将表面冷却至≤45°C，投资回收期通常不到2年。 钢铁厂在高炉中燃烧煤炭或使用电弧熔化废料；在两种情况下，熔融金属都必须保持在1,500°C以上并通过广泛的热管和容器转移。

容量和CO₂强度比较从Climate TRACE工业设施数据计算得出；部门角色基于工程参考。

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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