Corsa Petfood (Cardona)

Corsa Petfood (Cardona) is a food & beverage plant in Spain with a reported capacity of 5,689,150,947 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #4 of 86 food & beverage plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 283,506 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 66,085 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 39% below the median food & beverage plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481033.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 5,689,150,947 USD, Corsa Petfood (Cardona) está muy por encima de la mediana de food & beverage plant en Spain (990,628,049 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. Como food & beverage plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 80–200°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de alimentos y bebidas utilizan calderas, cocinadores, pasteurizadores y secadores que funcionan continuamente; la pérdida de calor de tuberías y recipientes sin aislar reduce directamente el rendimiento y la eficiencia.

Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.

What 283,506 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 food & beverage plants in Spain

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

Local climate

Corsa Petfood (Cardona) sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 41.9°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 #4 largest of 86 food & beverage plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Fello S.A. · Textiles · 10,414 t CO₂
• Morera Pell Sl · Textiles · 10,414 t CO₂
• Complex Carni La Closa · Food & Beverage · 52,794 t CO₂
• Varisport S.L. · Textiles · 10,414 t CO₂
• Cargill (Martorell) · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Aprestos De Laneria Spa · Textiles · 10,414 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.90024, 1.71365. View on OpenStreetMap.

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