Rauma Pulp Mill

Rauma Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Finland with a reported capacity of 642,628 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj. By capacity it ranks #6 of 19 pulp & paper mills tracked in Finland. It emits about 284,737 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 66,372 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375539.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 642,628 t of pulp & paper, Rauma Pulp Mill está alrededor de la mediana de pulp & paper mill en Finland (637,000 t of pulp & paper). Subsector: pulp-and-paper. Como pulp & paper mill, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 150–250°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 celulosa y papel generan su propio vapor para el proceso de pulpado y secadores de papel, operando grandes sistemas de calderas donde la pérdida de calor reduce directamente 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 284,737 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 pulp & paper mills in Finland

Reported capacity (t of pulp & paper), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Rauma Pulp Mill sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 61.1°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 #6 largest of 19 pulp & paper mills in Finland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Metsä Fibre Oy - Rauma Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 284,737 t CO₂
• Nordkalk Oy Ab, Paraisten Kalkkitehdas Ja Satama · Lime Plant · 119,746 t CO₂
• Paraisten Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 507,515 t CO₂
• Kaskinen Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 170,842 t CO₂
• Metsä Board Linerboard and Paper Division Kaskinen Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 61.11167, 21.4663. View on OpenStreetMap.

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