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Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) — Portugal

Food & Beverage in Portugal. Approximate location 39.00072, -8.79917.

Food & BeveragePortugalCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) is a food & beverage plant in Portugal. Its listed capacity is 2,102,407,771 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #3 among 6 food & beverage plants in Portugal. It emits about 776,824 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 5.2% of the CO₂e from the 29 facilities in Portugal that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

776,824t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#7CO₂ rank in Portugal

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480818.

Data status

Known source data

FacilitySugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) Climate TRACE
CountryPortugal Climate TRACE
Coordinates39.00072, -8.79917 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity2,102,407,771 USD Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e776,824 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

Portugal rank#7 of 29 · top 24.1% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#10 of 560 · top 1.8% 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 2,102,407,771 USD, Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) is around the median food & beverage plant in Portugal (2,102,407,771 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 776,824 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:

14kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
181kgasoline cars driven for a year
777kacres 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 777k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) carries €66.3M/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.

777k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€66.3M/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

Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 39.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

~17°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Hot-summer mediterranean: 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 marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

C4ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
39/100environmental-severity index
11.3°Cseasonal temperature swing
19 kmdistance to coast
HighCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1333 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.02× 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 39.00072, -8.79917. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci)?

Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) is a food & beverage plant in Portugal. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) emit?

The page uses about 776,824 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #7 among facilities in Portugal by estimated CO₂.

Where is Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) located?

Sugal - Alimentos, Sa (Ci) is in Portugal at approximately 39.00072, -8.79917.

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