Erith Oil Works

Erith Oil Works is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 3,031,280,731 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #10 of 197 food & beverage plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 104,279 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 24,307 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 58% below the median food & beverage plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480947.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 3,031,280,731 USD, Erith Oil Works está muy por encima de la mediana de food & beverage plant en United Kingdom (570,732,593 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 104,279 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 United Kingdom

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

Local climate

Erith Oil Works sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.5°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 #10 largest of 197 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• One Call Furniture Ltd · Textiles · 9,186 t CO₂
• Purfleet Margarine Factory · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Purfleet Vegetable Oil Refinery · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle · Food & Beverage · 111,279 t CO₂
• Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich · Food & Beverage · 131,279 t CO₂
• Premier Foods Group Ltd, British Bakeries · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.4926, 0.16793. View on OpenStreetMap.

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