Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill — Austria
Pulp & Paper Mill in Austria. Approximate location 47.9771, 13.81619.
Pulp & Paper MillAustriaCO₂ not individually reported
Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Austria. 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 Laakirchen Papier AG. No facility-measured CO₂ figure is available in the open dataset used here.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375328.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Steyrermuhl Paper Mill power station · Other · 88 MW · 0 km
- Laakirchen Paper Mill power station · Gas · 60 MW · 1 km
- Timelkam · Gas · 400 MW · 17 km
- Wels District Heating power station · Gas · 43 MW · 24 km
- Wels Waste power station · Biomass · 31 MW · 29 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill; Climate TRACE provides only a pulp & paper mill sector-level estimate, so a precise per-site figure, ranking or carbon cost would be misleading and is not shown.
CO₂: Climate TRACE sector-level estimate (not facility-measured).
Operator
Operated by Laakirchen Papier AG.
Local climate
Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 48.0°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 mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1425 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.10× 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
- UPM-Kymmene Steyrermuhl Austria Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Gmunden Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 286,642 t CO₂
- Kirchdorfer Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 149,882 t CO₂
- Austria · Chemical Plant · 60,282 t CO₂
- Voestalpine Stahl Linz steel plant · Steel Plant · 10,095,584 t CO₂
- Linz Melamine and Fertilizers Complex · Chemical Plant · 752,400 t CO₂
Location
Coordinates 47.9771, 13.81619. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill?
Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Austria. 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.
How much CO₂ does Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill.
Where is Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill located?
Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill is in Austria at approximately 47.9771, 13.81619.
Who operates Laakirchen Papier AG Pulp Mill?
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Laakirchen Papier AG.