Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill

Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Belgium with a reported capacity of 450,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by Burgo Group SpA. It emits about 188,703 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 43,987 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 22% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375332.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 450,000 t of pulp & paper ist Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill etwa um dem Medianwert von pulp & paper mill in Belgium (450,000 t of pulp & paper). Untersektor: pulp-and-paper. Als pulp & paper mill benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 150–250°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. Zellstoff- und Papierfabriken erzeugen ihren eigenen Dampf für Zellstoff-Prozess und Papiertrockner, betreiben große Dampfkesselanlagen, wo Wärmeverlust die Effizienz direkt reduziert.

Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.

What 188,703 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.

Operator

Operated by Burgo Group SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 49.55183, 5.5054. View on OpenStreetMap.

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