Borealis OY, Porvoo

Borealis OY, Porvoo is a petrochemical in Finland with a reported capacity of 400,000 t of ethylene. It cracks hydrocarbon feedstocks into building-block chemicals such as ethylene and propylene. It is operated by Borealis AG. It emits about 521,997 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 121,678 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-18648345.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 400,000 t of ethylene, Borealis OY, Porvoo é em torno de a mediana de petrochemical em Finland (400,000 t of ethylene). Subsetor: petrochemical-steam-cracking. Como petrochemical, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 300–800°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As plantas petroquímicas craquean hidrocarbonetos em temperaturas muito altas para produzir etileno, propileno e outros produtos químicos básicos — um dos processos industriais mais intensivos em calor.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 521,997 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

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

Operator

Operated by Borealis AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Borealis OY, Porvoo sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 60.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

• Neste Porvoo Refinery · Refinery · 2,293,551 t CO₂
• UPM Group - Paper Industry · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
• Metsä Fibre Oy Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
• Nordkalk Oy Ab, Tytyrin Kalkkitehdas · Lime Plant · 167,577 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 60.29962, 25.48957. View on OpenStreetMap.

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