Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill

Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Spain with a reported capacity of 325,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 pulp & paper mills tracked in Spain. It emits about 99,615 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 23,220 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 43% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375517.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 325,000 t of pulp & paper, Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill è al di sotto di la mediana di pulp & paper mill in Spain (515,000 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 99,615 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 Spain

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

Local climate

Smurfit Kappa Nervión Pulp Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 43.2°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 #3 largest of 3 pulp & paper mills in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• ALCOA TRANSFORMACION DE PRODUCTOS, S.L. (ALCOA TRANSFORMACIÓN DE PRODUCTOS, S.L.) · Metals Plant · 368,000 t CO₂
• Lemona Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 215,109 t CO₂
• Sidenor Aceros Especiales Basauri steel plant · Steel Plant · 34,497 t CO₂
• Arrigorriaga Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 291,876 t CO₂
• ArcelorMittal Sestao steel plant · Steel Plant · 315,452 t CO₂
• Unilever Foods España, S.A. (Unilever Foods España, S.A.) · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 43.18281, -2.66058. View on OpenStreetMap.

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