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Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory — United Kingdom

Food & Beverage in United Kingdom. Approximate location 52.25373, 0.72692.

Food & BeverageUnited KingdomCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. Its listed capacity is 8,161,140,429 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #2 among 11 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom. It emits about 285,546 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 1.1% of the CO₂e from the 44 facilities in United Kingdom that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

285,546t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#18CO₂ rank in United Kingdom

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480888.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityBury St Edmunds Sugar Factory Climate TRACE
CountryUnited Kingdom Climate TRACE
Coordinates52.25373, 0.72692 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity8,161,140,429 USD Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e285,546 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United Kingdom rank#18 of 44 · top 40.9% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#31 of 560 · top 5.5% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Owner / operatorNot available not in dataset
Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 8,161,140,429 USD, Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory is well above the median food & beverage plant in United Kingdom (3,818,247,843 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 285,546 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

5.2kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
60khomes' electricity use for a year
286kacres of US forest absorbing CO₂ for a year

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

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 286k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory carries €18.6M/yr of carbon at the full UK ETS price (€65/t CO₂). Free allocation phases out to 2034 (Reg. (EU) 2023/956), so today's bill is lower and rising toward this full-price figure.

286k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€18.6M/yrcarbon value · full UK ETS price

Carbon price: UK ETS €65/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Local climate

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.3°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).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
31/100environmental-severity index
12.7°Cseasonal temperature swing
29 kmdistance to coast
HighCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1402 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 52.25373, 0.72692. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory?

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory emit?

The page uses about 285,546 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #18 among facilities in United Kingdom by estimated CO₂.

Where is Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory located?

Bury St Edmunds Sugar Factory is in United Kingdom at approximately 52.25373, 0.72692.

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