Boyle Kraft Pulp Mill

Boyle Kraft Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Canada with a reported capacity of 278,540 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #1 of 53 pulp & paper mills tracked in Canada. It emits about 150,530 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 35,089 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375408.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 278,540 t of pulp & paper, Boyle Kraft Pulp Mill est bien au-dessus de la médiane des pulp & paper mill en Canada (163,636 t of pulp & paper). Sous-secteur: pulp-and-paper. Comme pulp & paper mill, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 150–250°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les papeteries génèrent leur propre vapeur pour le procédé de cuisson et les sécheurs de papier, exploitant de grands systèmes de chaudières où la perte de chaleur réduit directement l'efficacité.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 150,530 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 Canada

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

Local climate

Boyle Kraft Pulp Mill sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 54.9°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 #1 largest of 53 pulp & paper mills in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 88,433 t CO₂
• North West Redwater Partnership Sturgeon Refinery · Refinery · 525,573 t CO₂
• Redwater Fertilizer · Chemical Plant · 1,837,394 t CO₂
• Shell Scotford Refinery · Refinery · 1,502,934 t CO₂
• Dow Chemical Co. Ft. , Fort Saskatchewan,Alberta · Petrochemical · 1,827,497 t CO₂
• Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery · Refinery · 1,955,920 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 54.92351, -112.86414. View on OpenStreetMap.

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