ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal — Germany

ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal is a pulp & paper mill in Germany. Its listed capacity is 333,627 t of pulp & paper. 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. It is operated by Mercer International Inc. By capacity it ranks #1 among 2 pulp & paper mills in Germany. It emits about 160,166 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.14% of the CO₂e from the 118 facilities in Germany that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 11% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375505.

In context: how this facility compares

At 333,627 t of pulp & paper, ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal is around the median pulp & paper mill in Germany (333,627 t of pulp & paper). 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.

What 160,166 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:

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

Capacity vs largest pulp & paper mills in Germany

Listed capacity (t of pulp & paper), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Mercer International Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.7°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 1404 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× 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

The #1 largest of 2 pulp & paper mills in Germany by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Zellstoff Stendal Gmbh · Lime Plant · 1,901,414 t CO₂
• Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works · Steel Plant · 107,661 t CO₂
• Glencore Magdeburg Gmbh · Food & Beverage
• Riva Hennigsdorfer Electric Steel Works · Steel Plant · 59,812 t CO₂
• Cargill Deutschland Gmbh · Food & Beverage
• Nordzucker Ag, Werk Klein Wanzleben · Food & Beverage · 107,876 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.72633, 12.01122. View on OpenStreetMap.

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