Tecoma

Tecoma is a food & beverage plant in Belgium with a reported capacity of 1,192,879,215 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #4 of 38 food & beverage plants tracked in Belgium. It emits about 63,282 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 14,751 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% below the median food & beverage plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480242.

En contexto: cómo se compara esta instalación

Con 1,192,879,215 USD, Tecoma está alrededor de la mediana de food & beverage plant en Belgium (1,192,879,215 USD). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 10% por encima de la mediana de food & beverage plant. 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 63,282 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 Belgium

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

Local climate

Tecoma sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.3°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 38 food & beverage plants in Belgium by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Boortmalt · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• Cargill · Food & Beverage · 57,694 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Antwerp Refinery · Refinery · 3,351,572 t CO₂
• Total Antwerp Refinery · Refinery · 3,690,004 t CO₂
• Vitol Antwerp N.V. Refinery · Refinery
• TotalEnergies Fina Antwerp Olefin, Antwerp · Petrochemical · 1,454,499 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.27369, 4.35808. View on OpenStreetMap.

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