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California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 37.49896, -120.89763.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 239,034,904 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency. By capacity it ranks #330 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 19,424 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 4.5k passenger cars.

19,424t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1643CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38484659.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityCalifornia Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates37.49896, -120.89763 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity239,034,904 USD Climate TRACE
TRI facility recordWEST MAIN TURLOCK FEEDMILL & COMMODITIES US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyFOSTER FARMS LLC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311119 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsCopper compounds, Manganese compounds, Phosphorus (yellow or white), Zinc compounds US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases0 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e19,424 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1643 of 1910 · top 86.0% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#452 of 560 · top 80.7% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

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 239,034,904 USD, California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North is below the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

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

What 19,424 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:

4.5kcars driven for a year
2.5khomes' annual energy use
324ktree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Carbon cost, Scope 1 & decarbonization potential

At its reported 19k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North carries no domestic carbon price; food & beverage plants are not a CBAM-covered good, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €1.5M/yr. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈388 t–971 t/yr, worth €29k€73k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).

19k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€1.5M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)
388 t–971 t/yr ≈ €29k€73kDecarbonization potential

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →

Parent company

Foster Farms Llc US EPA TRI
Parent company per US EPA TRI; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 37.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Cold semi-arid steppe: 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

The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
37/100environmental-severity index
17.8°Cseasonal temperature swing
152 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1338 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.03× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1271 W/m² of that. 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).

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

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 37.49896, -120.89763. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

For a food & beverage plant, the main modular-insulation targets are cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 70–200 °C.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 1,100 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 210 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.

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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.

United States: funding & obligation

Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers. official source · verified 2026
Status: ~$6B of $10B allocated Jan-2025; remaining capacity + IRA status under political review — verify before 'apply now'.

Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we do not hold this site's metered energy use). · verified 2026

Programme terms verified 2026-06-18; confirm the current open phase before applying. Eligibility depends on a site's energy use / headcount, which we do not hold — not a per-facility eligibility determination.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North?

California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

How much CO₂ does California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North emit?

The page uses about 19,424 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1643 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North located?

California Dairies, Inc. - Turlock North is in United States at approximately 37.49896, -120.89763.

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