Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill — Canada
Pulp & Paper Mill in Canada. Approximate location 53.92334, -122.69572.
Pulp & Paper MillCanadaCO₂ not individually reported
Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Canada. 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. 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-44375422.
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
- Intercon Pulp Mill · Biomass · 32 MW · 0 km
- Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill · Biomass · 60 MW · 1 km
- Northwood Green Power · Biomass · 63 MW · 6 km
- UNBC Bioenergy Plant · Biomass · 4 MW · 9 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 Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper 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).
Local climate
Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 53.9°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 thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1461 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.12× 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
- Tidewater Prince George Refinery · Refinery · 78,836 t CO₂
- Canfor Pulp Limited - Northwood Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Northwood Kraft Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Quesnel BCTMP Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 97,116 t CO₂
- Quesnel River Pulp Co - West Fraser Timber Group · Pulp & Paper Mill
- Quesnel Market Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill
Location
Coordinates 53.92334, -122.69572. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill?
Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Canada. 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 Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill.
Where is Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill located?
Prince George (PG) Pulp and Paper Mill is in Canada at approximately 53.92334, -122.69572.