Kaskinen Pulp Mill

Kaskinen Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Finland with a reported capacity of 385,577 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj. By capacity it ranks #15 of 19 pulp & paper mills tracked in Finland. It emits about 170,842 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 39,823 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375536.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 385,577 t of pulp & paper, Kaskinen Pulp Mill è al di sotto di la mediana di pulp & paper mill in Finland (637,000 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 170,842 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 Finland

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

Operator

Operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kaskinen Pulp Mill sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 62.2°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 #15 largest of 19 pulp & paper mills in Finland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Metsä Board Linerboard and Paper Division Kaskinen Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
• Rauma Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 284,737 t CO₂
• Metsä Fibre Oy - Rauma Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 284,737 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 62.22108, 21.14419. View on OpenStreetMap.

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