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Southern Texas Food Group

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 28.6957, -100.48504.

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Southern Texas Food Group is a food & beverage plant in United States with a reported capacity of 51,030,738 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #2429 of 10,937 food & beverage plants tracked in United States. It emits about 4,154 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 968 cars.

4,154t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#4185CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38493684.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 51,030,738 USD ist Southern Texas Food Group etwa um dem Medianwert von food & beverage plant in United States (51,030,738 USD). Untersektor: food-beverage-tobacco. Als food & beverage plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 80–200°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. Lebens- und Genussmittelbetriebe nutzen Dampfkessel, Kochgeräte, Pasteurisiergeräte und Trockner, die kontinuierlich laufen; Wärmeverlust aus ungedämmten Rohrleitungen und Behältern reduziert Durchsatz und Effizienz direkt.

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

What 4,154 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

968cars driven for a year
542homes' annual energy use
69,233tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in United States

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

Local climate

Southern Texas Food Group sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 28.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~23°Ctypical annual mean
~31°Ctypical warm-season
Hot semi-arid steppe: hot summers and mild winters

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #2429 largest of 10937 food & beverage plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 28.6957, -100.48504. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A food & beverage plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves (surface/process temperatures around 70–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 600 MWh/yr (≈ 120 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

United States: funding & obligation

Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.

Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).

Verified 2026; confirm current scheme terms before applying.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Southern Texas Food Group?

Southern Texas Food Group is a food & beverage plant in United States. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Southern Texas Food Group?

Southern Texas Food Group has a reported capacity of 51,030,738 USD.

How much CO₂ does Southern Texas Food Group emit?

Southern Texas Food Group emits about 4,154 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 968 cars. That ranks #4185 among tracked facilities in United States.

Where is Southern Texas Food Group located?

Southern Texas Food Group is in United States, near coordinates 28.6957, -100.48504.

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