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Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain

Food & Beverage in Germany. Approximate location 48.6988, 10.90866.

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Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain is a food & beverage plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 4,633,146,126 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #4 of 55 food & beverage plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 151,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 35,277 cars.

151,340t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#86CO₂ rank in Germany

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480497.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 4,633,146,126 USD, Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain è attorno a la mediana di food & beverage plant in Germany (4,633,146,126 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 151,340 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

35,277cars driven for a year
19,737homes' annual energy use
2,522,333tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in Germany

Südzucker Ag Mannheim / Ochsenfurt Werk Zeitz: 7,544,123,364 USD7.5BSüdzucker …Nordzucker Ag Werk Uelzen: 5,234,697,844 USD5.2BNordzucker…Ten Kate Gmbh & Co. Kg: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BTen Kate G…Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BSüdzucker …Adm Spyck Gmbh Werk Straubing: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BAdm Spyck …Südzucker Ag, Werk Wabern: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BSüdzucker …Bunge Deutschland Gmbh: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BBunge Deut…Gilde Brauerei Gmbh: 4,633,146,126 USD4.6BGilde Brau…

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

Local climate

Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #4 largest of 55 food & beverage plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 48.6988, 10.90866. 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.

Germany: funding & obligation

Funding. Grant 20-60% depending on module and company size; Modul 4 = energy/resource optimization of plants & processes (insulation fits). Foerderwettbewerb round budget ~EUR 60M.

Obligation. Mandatory energy audit if avg final energy 2.77-23.6 GWh/yr; certified EnMS/EMS if >23.6 GWh/yr; implementation plans for economically viable measures within 3 months of audit. (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 Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain?

Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain is a food & beverage plant in Germany. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain?

Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain has a reported capacity of 4,633,146,126 USD.

How much CO₂ does Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain emit?

Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain emits about 151,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 35,277 cars. That ranks #86 among tracked facilities in Germany.

Where is Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain located?

Südzucker Ag, Werk Rain is in Germany, near coordinates 48.6988, 10.90866.

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