Petrochemical in Finland. Approximate location 60.29962, 25.48957.
PetrochemicalFinlandCO₂ reported
Borealis OY, Porvoo is a petrochemical in Finland with a reported capacity of 400,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Borealis AG. It emits about 521,997 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 121,678 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648345.
Bei 400,000 t of ethylene ist Borealis OY, Porvoo etwa um dem Medianwert von petrochemical in Finland (400,000 t of ethylene). Untersektor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Als petrochemical benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 300–800°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Petrochemische Anlagen spalten Kohlenwasserstoffe bei sehr hohen Temperaturen auf, um Ethylen, Propylen und andere Basischemikalien zu erzeugen — einer der wärmeintensivsien Industrieprozesse.
Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.
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.
Operated by Borealis AG. All facilities by this operator →
Borealis OY, Porvoo sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 60.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Coordinates 60.29962, 25.48957. View on OpenStreetMap.
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Borealis OY, Porvoo is a petrochemical in Finland. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene.
Borealis OY, Porvoo has a reported capacity of 400,000 t of ethylene.
Borealis OY, Porvoo emits about 521,997 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 121,678 cars. That ranks #5 among tracked facilities in Finland.
Borealis OY, Porvoo is in Finland, near coordinates 60.29962, 25.48957.
Borealis OY, Porvoo is operated by Borealis AG.