SCA Ortviken Pulp Mill

SCA Ortviken Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Sweden with a reported capacity of 300,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #10 of 12 pulp & paper mills tracked in Sweden. It emits about 152,754 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 35,607 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 6% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375659.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 300,000 t of pulp & paper, SCA Ortviken Pulp Mill está por debajo de la mediana de pulp & paper mill en Sweden (650,000 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 152,754 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 Sweden

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

Local climate

SCA Ortviken Pulp Mill sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 62.4°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 12 pulp & paper mills in Sweden by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Kubikenborg Aluminium AB · Metals Plant · 183,000 t CO₂
• Sundsvall aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 285,482 t CO₂
• SCA Massa Östrands massafabrik SCA Graphic Sundsvall AB Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 458,263 t CO₂
• Ovako Hofors steel plant · Steel Plant · 38,405 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 62.39081, 17.30693. View on OpenStreetMap.

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