Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Pontevedra — Spain

Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Pontevedra is a pulp & paper mill in Spain. Its listed capacity is 515,000 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 is operated by Ence Energía y Celulosa SA. By capacity it ranks #2 among 3 pulp & paper mills in Spain. It emits about 157,851 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.33% of the CO₂e from the 91 facilities in Spain that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 43% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375518.

In context: how this facility compares

At 515,000 t of pulp & paper, Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Pontevedra is around the median pulp & paper mill in Spain (515,000 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 157,851 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.

Capacity vs largest pulp & paper mills in Spain

Listed capacity (t of pulp & paper), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Ence Energía y Celulosa SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Grupo Empresarial ENCE S.A. Divisíon de Celulosa - Pulp Mill Pontevedra sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 42.4°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 corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1364 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.05× 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

The #2 largest of 3 pulp & paper mills in Spain by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

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Location

Coordinates 42.41083, -8.6759. View on OpenStreetMap.

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