Skookumchuck Softwood Bleach Kraft Pulp Mill

Skookumchuck Softwood Bleach Kraft Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Canada with a reported capacity of 138,663 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. By capacity it ranks #46 of 53 pulp & paper mills tracked in Canada. It emits about 74,937 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 17,468 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375428.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 138,663 t of pulp & paper ist Skookumchuck Softwood Bleach Kraft Pulp Mill etwa um dem Medianwert von pulp & paper mill in Canada (163,636 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 74,937 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 pulp & paper mills in Canada

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

Operator

Operated by Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Skookumchuck Softwood Bleach Kraft Pulp Mill sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 49.9°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 #46 largest of 53 pulp & paper mills in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Skookumchuk Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 65,570 t CO₂
• Baymag Exshaw Operations · Other Manufacturing · 173,462 t CO₂
• Exshaw Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 901,178 t CO₂
• Exshaw Plant · Lime Plant · 168,836 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 49.9161, -115.76505. View on OpenStreetMap.

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