Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A.

Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. is a textile mill in Portugal with a reported capacity of 108,392,857 USD. It spins, dyes and finishes textiles, leather or apparel using process steam. By capacity it ranks #19 of 112 textile mills tracked in Portugal. It emits about 2,714 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 633 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38475735.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 108,392,857 USD ist Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. etwa um dem Medianwert von textile mill in Portugal (108,392,857 USD). Untersektor: textiles-leather-apparel. Als textile mill benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 60–150°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. Textilfabriken nutzen Prozessdampf zum Färben, Veredeln und Trocknen, erfordern oft enge Temperaturkontrolle über lange Laufzeiten — kontinuierliche Wärmeverluste schmälern Gewinne.

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

What 2,714 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 textile mills in Portugal

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

Local climate

Vitorino Da Silva Coelho, S.A. sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 40.9°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 #19 largest of 112 textile mills in Portugal by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Fromageries Bel Portugal S.A. - Fábrica De Vale De Cambra (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• Nestlé Portugal - Fabrica De Avanca (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• Avisabor - Indústria Agro-Alimentar, Sa (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• The Navigator Company - Cacia Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 173,570 t CO₂
• Montifibras, Lda · Textiles · 2,714 t CO₂
• Progado - Sociedade Produtora De Rações, S.A. · Food & Beverage · 298,824 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.85115, -8.4824. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A textile mill like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: dyeing vessels, stenters/dryers, steam lines, hot-water & boiler house (surface/process temperatures around 80–200 °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.

effectively industrial laundries/dyeing - steam & hot water; 500-3000 MWh typical.

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 1,400 MWh/yr (≈ 280 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.

EU: funding & obligation

Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).

Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.

EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.

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