Somafer — France
Food & Beverage in France. Approximate location 46.1, 1.36.
Food & BeverageFranceCO₂ not individually reported
Somafer is a food & beverage plant in France. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. 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-38480413.
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.
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In context: how this facility compares
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.
Carbon emissions
No facility-measured CO₂ is published for Somafer; Climate TRACE provides only a food & beverage 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
Somafer sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 46.1°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 1392 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.07× 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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- Abattoir Municipal De Saint-Yrieix · Food & Beverage
- Marie · Food & Beverage
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Location
Coordinates 46.1, 1.36. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Somafer?
Somafer is a food & beverage plant in France. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.
How much CO₂ does Somafer emit?
The open dataset used here does not include a facility-level CO₂ value for Somafer.
Where is Somafer located?
Somafer is in France at approximately 46.1, 1.36.