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Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal)

Food & Beverage in Netherlands. Approximate location 52.92103, 7.04574.

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Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) is a food & beverage plant in Netherlands with a reported capacity of 2,392,557,068 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #6 of 67 food & beverage plants tracked in Netherlands. It emits about 114,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 26,653 cars.

114,340t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#21CO₂ rank in Netherlands

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480692.

W kontekście: jak ta instalacja się porównuje

Przy 2,392,557,068 USD, Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) jest znacznie powyżej medianę food & beverage plant w Netherlands (970,645,341 USD). Podsektor: food-beverage-tobacco. Jako food & beverage plant, wymaga intensywnego ciepła procesowego (typowo 80–200°C) do swoich głównych operacji przemysłowych — ciepła, które musi być dostarczane przez kotły, piece lub spalanie bezpośrednie, a straty przez nieisolowane zbiorniki i rury stanowią zmarnowane paliwo. Modułowa izolacja demontowalna może zmniejszyć te straty o 80–96%, chłodząc powierzchnie do ≤45°C, z zwrotem inwestycji często poniżej 2 lat. Zakłady przetwórstwa spożywczego i napojów używają kotłów, gotowni, pasteryzatorów i osuszarek, które pracują nieprzerwanie; straty ciepła z nieisolowanych rur i zbiorników bezpośrednio zmniejszają przepustowość i efektywność.

Porównanie pojemności i intensywności CO₂ obliczane na podstawie danych instalacji przemysłowych Climate TRACE; rola sektora oparta na odniesieniau inżynierskim.

What 114,340 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

26,653cars driven for a year
14,911homes' annual energy use
1,905,667tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in Netherlands

Cnc Grondstoffen Bv: 5,813,493,928 USD5.8BCnc Gronds…Cargill Benelux Bv: 5,498,683,787 USD5.5BCargill Be…Suiker Unie Vierverlaten: 3,169,088,748 USD3.2BSuiker Uni…Archer Daniels Midland Europoort Bv (Adm): 3,106,126,720 USD3.1BArcher Dan…Suiker Unie (Dinteloord): 2,728,354,551 USD2.7BSuiker Uni…Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal): 2,392,557,068 USD2.4BAvebe U.A.…Tate & Lyle Netherlands Bv: 2,287,620,354 USD2.3BTate & Lyl…Frieslandcampina Veghel (Dmv International): 2,140,708,955 USD2.1BFrieslandc…

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

Local climate

Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.9°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 #6 largest of 67 food & beverage plants in Netherlands by reported capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 52.92103, 7.04574. 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.

Netherlands: funding & obligation

Funding. Deduct 40% of qualifying Energy-List investment from taxable profit; 2026 budget EUR 460M; min EUR 2,500/asset.

Obligation. Large enterprises (>250 staff or >EUR 50M turnover / >EUR 43M balance) must audit every 4 yrs. (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 Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal)?

Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) is a food & beverage plant in Netherlands. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal)?

Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) has a reported capacity of 2,392,557,068 USD.

How much CO₂ does Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) emit?

Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) emits about 114,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 26,653 cars. That ranks #21 among tracked facilities in Netherlands.

Where is Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) located?

Avebe U.A. (Ter Apelkanaal) is in Netherlands, near coordinates 52.92103, 7.04574.

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