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Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited

Food & Beverage in Ireland. Approximate location 52.60945, -8.98231.

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Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited is a food & beverage plant in Ireland with a reported capacity of 1,893,333,333 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #5 of 16 food & beverage plants tracked in Ireland. It emits about 64,192 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 14,963 cars.

64,192t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#13CO₂ rank in Ireland

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480504.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,893,333,333 USD ist Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited etwa um dem Medianwert von food & beverage plant in Ireland (1,893,333,333 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 64,192 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

14,963cars driven for a year
8,371homes' annual energy use
1,069,867tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in Ireland

Kepak Athleague: 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BKepak Athl…Glanbia Ireland (Ballyragget): 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BGlanbia Ir…Kerry Ingredients (Ireland) Limited (Charleville): 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BKerry Ingr…Dawn Meats Ireland Unlimited Company: 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BDawn Meats…Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited: 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BWyeth Nutr…Abbott Ireland (Cootehill): 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BAbbott Ire…Dairygold Co-Operative Society Limited (Castlefarm): 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BDairygold …Tipperary Co-Operative Creamery Limited: 1,893,333,333 USD1.9BTipperary …

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

Local climate

Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #5 largest of 16 food & beverage plants in Ireland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 52.60945, -8.98231. 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 7,000 MWh/yr (≈ 1,400 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.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited?

Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited is a food & beverage plant in Ireland. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited?

Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited has a reported capacity of 1,893,333,333 USD.

How much CO₂ does Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited emit?

Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited emits about 64,192 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 14,963 cars. That ranks #13 among tracked facilities in Ireland.

Where is Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited located?

Wyeth Nutritionals Ireland Limited is in Ireland, near coordinates 52.60945, -8.98231.

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