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Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan

Food & Beverage in United Kingdom. Approximate location 55.2607, -4.83221.

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Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 4,809,243,467 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #4 of 197 food & beverage plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 169,335 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,472 cars.

169,335t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#25CO₂ rank in United Kingdom

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481006.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 4,809,243,467 USD, Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan è ben al di sopra di la mediana di food & beverage plant in United Kingdom (570,732,593 USD). Sottosettore: food-beverage-tobacco. Come food & beverage plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 80–200°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 strutture alimentari e di bevande utilizzano caldaie, pentole, pastorizzatori e essiccatori che funzionano continuamente; la perdita di calore da tubi e recipienti non isolati riduce direttamente la portata e 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 169,335 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

39,472cars driven for a year
22,083homes' annual energy use
2,822,250tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in United Kingdom

Wissington Sugar Factory : 9,647,633,864 USD9.6BWissington…Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory : 8,161,140,429 USD8.2BBury St Ed…Lacpatrick Dairies (Ni) Ltd: 5,508,769,789 USD5.5BLacpatrick…Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan: 4,809,243,467 USD4.8BGirvan Dis…Trafford Park Wheat Milling Plant: 4,255,451,795 USD4.3BTrafford P…Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich: 3,818,247,843 USD3.8BTate & Lyl…Cantley Sugar Factory: 3,526,778,542 USD3.5BCantley Su…Tate And Lyle Plc, Tate & Lyle: 3,235,309,241 USD3.2BTate And L…

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

Local climate

Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 55.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: long cold winters and short, cool summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #4 largest of 197 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 55.2607, -4.83221. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A food & beverage plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves (surface/process temperatures around 70–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 7,000 MWh/yr (≈ 1,400 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

United Kingdom: funding & obligation

Funding. Grants for industrial energy efficiency / deep decarbonization in England, Wales, NI; min grant lowered to GBP 75k for SMEs.

Obligation. Mandatory for 'large undertakings': >=250 employees OR turnover >GBP 36M and balance sheet >GBP 18M. Qualification date 31 Dec 2026; compliance notification by 5 Dec 2027. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan?

Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan?

Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan has a reported capacity of 4,809,243,467 USD.

How much CO₂ does Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan emit?

Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan emits about 169,335 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,472 cars. That ranks #25 among tracked facilities in United Kingdom.

Where is Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan located?

Girvan Dist, Grangestone Ind Est, Girvan is in United Kingdom, near coordinates 55.2607, -4.83221.

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