Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill

Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Spain with a reported capacity of 325,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 pulp & paper mills tracked in Spain. It emits about 99,615 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 23,220 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 43% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375517.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 325,000 t of pulp & paper, Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill está por debajo de la mediana de pulp & paper mill en Spain (515,000 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 99,615 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 Spain

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

Local climate

Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 43.2°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 #3 largest of 3 pulp & paper mills in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

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• Unilever Foods España, S.A. (Unilever Foods España, S.A.) · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.18281, -2.66058. View on OpenStreetMap.

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