Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill

Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Belgium with a reported capacity of 450,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by Burgo Group SpA. It emits about 188,703 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 43,987 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 22% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375332.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 450,000 t of pulp & paper, Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill è attorno a la mediana di pulp & paper mill in Belgium (450,000 t of pulp & paper). Sottosettore: pulp-and-paper. Come pulp & paper mill, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 150–250°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Le cartiere generano il proprio vapore per il processo di polpa e gli essiccatori di carta, gestendo grandi sistemi di caldaie dove la perdita di calore riduce direttamente l'efficienza.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 188,703 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.

Operator

Operated by Burgo Group SpA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Burgo Ardennes Pulp Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 49.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 49.55183, 5.5054. View on OpenStreetMap.

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