Sighthill Biscuit Factory

Sighthill Biscuit Factory is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 570,732,593 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #194 of 197 food & beverage plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 19,860 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 4,629 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 57% below the median food & beverage plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38495300.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 570,732,593 USD, Sighthill Biscuit Factory è attorno a 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 19,860 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 United Kingdom

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

Local climate

Sighthill Biscuit Factory sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 55.9°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 #194 largest of 197 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• North British Dist, Wheatfield Rd, Edinburgh · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Endura Ltd · Textiles · 9,186 t CO₂
• ExxonMobil Chemical Co. , Mossmorran Fife · Petrochemical · 696,425 t CO₂
• INEOS Grangemouth Refinery · Refinery · 1,376,432 t CO₂
• INEOS , Grangemouth · Petrochemical · 1,253,878 t CO₂
• Randa Accessories Uk Limited · Textiles · 9,186 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 55.9225, -3.29614. View on OpenStreetMap.

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