Estonian Cell AS - Heinzel Group

Estonian Cell AS - Heinzel Group is a pulp & paper mill in Estonia. Its listed capacity is 140,000 t of pulp & paper. Pulp and paper mills generate their own steam for the pulping process and paper dryers, running large-scale boiler systems where heat loss directly reduces efficiency. It emits about 47,975 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 92% of the CO₂e from the 3 facilities in Estonia that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 37% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375520.

In context: how this facility compares

At 140,000 t of pulp & paper, Estonian Cell AS - Heinzel Group is around the median pulp & paper mill in Estonia (140,000 t of pulp & paper). Subsector: pulp-and-paper. As pulp & paper mill, it requires high process heat (typically 150–250°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Pulp and paper mills generate their own steam for the pulping process and paper dryers, running large-scale boiler systems where heat loss directly reduces efficiency.

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

What 47,975 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:

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

Local climate

Estonian Cell AS - Heinzel Group sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 59.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1450 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.11× 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

• Peterburgcement Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 631,971 t CO₂
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• Neste Porvoo Refinery · Refinery · 2,293,551 t CO₂
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• Novatek Ust Luga Refinery · Refinery · 718,742 t CO₂
• Kingisepp Chemical Plant · Chemical Plant · 1,121,291 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 59.50199, 26.54816. View on OpenStreetMap.

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