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Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich — United Kingdom

Food & Beverage in United Kingdom. Approximate location 51.49342, 0.00575.

Food & BeverageUnited KingdomCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. Its listed capacity is 3,818,247,843 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously. By capacity it ranks #6 among 11 food & beverage plants in United Kingdom. It emits about 131,279 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.51% of the CO₂e from the 44 facilities in United Kingdom that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

131,279t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#29CO₂ rank in United Kingdom

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481169.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityTate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich Climate TRACE
CountryUnited Kingdom Climate TRACE
Coordinates51.49342, 0.00575 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity3,818,247,843 USD Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e131,279 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United Kingdom rank#29 of 44 · top 65.9% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#82 of 560 · top 14.6% 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 3,818,247,843 USD, Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich is around the median food & beverage plant in United Kingdom (3,818,247,843 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 131,279 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:

2.4kmillion cubic feet of natural gas burned
27khomes' electricity use for a year
131kacres 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 131k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich carries €8.5M/yr of carbon at the full UK ETS price (€65/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.

131k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€8.5M/yrcarbon value · full UK ETS price

Carbon price: UK ETS €65/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

Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: 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 humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
27/100environmental-severity index
12.9°Cseasonal temperature swing
84 kmdistance to coast
ModerateCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1398 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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Location

Coordinates 51.49342, 0.00575. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich?

Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich is a food & beverage plant in United Kingdom. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously.

How much CO₂ does Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich emit?

The page uses about 131,279 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #29 among facilities in United Kingdom by estimated CO₂.

Where is Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich located?

Tate & Lyle Uk Limited, The Refinery, Greenwich is in United Kingdom at approximately 51.49342, 0.00575.

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