POET BIOREFINING is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It emits about 109,370 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.02% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

109,370t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#596CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674727.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityPOET BIOREFINING Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates41.17562, -83.3806 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorother-chemicals Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyPOET LLC US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS325193 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordPOET BIOREFINING-FOSTORIA US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyPOET HOLDING CO LLC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS325193 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAcetaldehyde, Formic acid, n-Hexane US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases17,275 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e109,370 t/yr Climate TRACE
Measured CO₂ cross-check120,156 t/yr measured cross-check · GHGRP 2023

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#596 of 1910 · top 31.2% calculated
Global other-chemicals rank#155 of 439 · top 35.3% 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

Subsector: other-chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

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

What 109,370 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:

2.0kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
23khomes' electricity use for a year
109kacres of US forest absorbing CO₂ for a year

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

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 109k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), POET BIOREFINING 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 €8.2M/yr.

Measured CO₂: 120k t/yr — verified GHGRP (reporting year 2023) (10% above the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 109k t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).

109k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€8.2M/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: measured (GHGRP RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Parent company

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

Local climate

POET BIOREFINING sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 41.2°N in the northern hemisphere.

~9°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Hot-summer humid continental: 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 moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
35/100environmental-severity index
27.1°Cseasonal temperature swing
82 kmdistance to coast
ModerateCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1402 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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

Location

Coordinates 41.17562, -83.3806. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is POET BIOREFINING?

POET BIOREFINING is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

How much CO₂ does POET BIOREFINING emit?

The page uses about 109,370 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #596 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is POET BIOREFINING located?

POET BIOREFINING is in United States at approximately 41.17562, -83.3806.

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