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Industrial facilities in United Kingdom

A directory of 295 industrial facilities in United Kingdom across 8 sectors, mapped and ranked from open data — by type, capacity and CO₂ emissions.

295facilities
8sectors
294with reported CO₂
30.1M tCO₂e/yr total

Industry mix (United Kingdom)

Food & Beverage: 197 facilities197Food & Bev…Textiles: 68 facilities68TextilesCement Plant: 10 facilities10Cement Pla…Refinery: 6 facilities6RefinerySteel Plant: 6 facilities6Steel PlantChemical Plant: 4 facilities4Chemical P…Petrochemical: 3 facilities3Petrochemi…Aluminium Smelter: 1 facilities1Aluminium …

Facility counts by sector, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Biggest emitters in United Kingdom

#FacilityTypet CO₂e/yr
1Tata Steel Port Talbot steel plantSteel Plant2,871,723
2Phillips 66 Humber RefineryRefinery2,607,645
3Valero Pembroke RefineryRefinery2,477,577
4British Steel Scunthorpe plantSteel Plant2,460,320
5Esso Fawley Southampton RefineryRefinery2,404,168
6Essar Stanlow RefineryRefinery1,844,419
7INEOS Grangemouth RefineryRefinery1,376,432
8INEOS , Grangemouth Petrochemical1,253,878
9Prax Group Lindsey Oil RefineryRefinery1,036,912
10Hope Cement PlantCement Plant717,958
11ExxonMobil Chemical Co. , Mossmorran FifePetrochemical696,425
12Billingham FertilizersChemical Plant591,000
13Ribblesdale Cement PlantCement Plant577,802
14Rugby Cement PlantCement Plant456,610
15Cauldon Cement PlantCement Plant389,550
16Tunstead Cement PlantCement Plant373,349
17Wissington Sugar Factory Food & Beverage336,027
18Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory Food & Beverage285,546
19Padeswood Cement PlantCement Plant252,804
20Aberthaw Cement PlantCement Plant239,632

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Frequently asked questions

How many industrial facilities are in United Kingdom?
295 across 8 sectors in this open dataset.
What is the biggest CO₂ emitter in United Kingdom?
Tata Steel Port Talbot steel plant (Steel Plant) — about 2,871,723 tonnes CO₂e/year.
Which industrial sectors are largest in United Kingdom?
By facility count: Food & Beverage (197), Textiles (68), Cement Plant (10).
How much CO₂ does United Kingdom's industry emit?
Reported facilities emit about 30,105,496 tonnes CO₂e/year combined.
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e (CC BY 4.0).