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Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri — Denmark

Food & Beverage in Denmark. Approximate location 55.25994, 12.11499.

Food & BeverageDenmarkCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is a food & beverage plant in Denmark. Its listed capacity is 309,041,059 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #6 among 8 food & beverage plants in Denmark. It emits about 8,955 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.32% of the CO₂e from the 12 facilities in Denmark that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

8,955t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#10CO₂ rank in Denmark

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480359.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityRoyal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri Climate TRACE
CountryDenmark Climate TRACE
Coordinates55.25994, 12.11499 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity309,041,059 USD Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e8,955 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

Denmark rank#10 of 12 · top 83.3% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#492 of 560 · top 87.9% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Owner / operatorNot available not in dataset
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

At 309,041,059 USD, Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is below the median food & beverage plant in Denmark (392,229,357 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 8,955 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:

163million cubic feet of natural gas burned
2.1kgasoline cars driven for a year
149ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

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

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 9k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri carries €764k/yr of carbon at the full EU ETS price (€85/t CO₂). Free allocation phases out to 2034 (Reg. (EU) 2023/956), so today's bill is lower and rising toward this full-price figure.

9k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€764k/yrcarbon value · full EU ETS price

Carbon price: EU ETS €85/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.

Local climate

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 55.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: long cold winters and short, cool 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)
31/100environmental-severity index
16.0°Cseasonal temperature swing
35 kmdistance to coast
HighCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1413 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× 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 55.25994, 12.11499. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is a food & beverage plant in Denmark. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri emit?

The page uses about 8,955 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #10 among facilities in Denmark by estimated CO₂.

Where is Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri located?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is in Denmark at approximately 55.25994, 12.11499.

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