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Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. — United States

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 38.6011, -75.2629.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 247,510,708 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #325 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 20,113 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.

20,113t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1627CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481237.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityMountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates38.6011, -75.2629 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity247,510,708 USD Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyMOUNTAIRE CORP US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS311615 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordMOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE INC US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyMOUNTAIRE FARMS INC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311615 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAmmonia, Copper compounds, Hydrogen sulfide, Manganese compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Peracetic acid… US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases63,214 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e20,113 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1627 of 1910 · top 85.2% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#447 of 560 · top 79.8% 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

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In context: how this facility compares

At 247,510,708 USD, Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. 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, 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 20,113 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:

367million cubic feet of natural gas burned
4.2khomes' electricity use for a year
335ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

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

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 20k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, 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.

20k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€1.5M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/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.

Parent company

Mountaire Corp US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 38.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

~18°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Humid subtropical: 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)
43/100environmental-severity index
22.6°Cseasonal temperature swing
28 kmdistance to coast
HighCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1366 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

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Location

Coordinates 38.6011, -75.2629. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc.?

Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. emit?

The page uses about 20,113 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1627 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. located?

Mountaire Farms Of Delaware, Inc. is in United States at approximately 38.6011, -75.2629.

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