Cargill (Barcelona)

Cargill (Barcelona) is a food & beverage plant in Spain with a reported capacity of 990,628,049 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #35 of 86 food & beverage plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 50,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 11,734 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 38% below the median food & beverage plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480857.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 990,628,049 USD, Cargill (Barcelona) é em torno de a mediana de food & beverage plant em Spain (990,628,049 USD). Subsetor: food-beverage-tobacco. Como food & beverage plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 80–200°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 de alimentos e bebidas usam caldeiras, cozinhadores, pasteurizadores e secadores que funcionam continuamente; a perda de calor de tubulações e vasos não isolados reduz diretamente a vazão e eficiência.

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 50,340 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.

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in Spain

Reported capacity (USD), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Local climate

Cargill (Barcelona) sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 41.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #35 largest of 86 food & beverage plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Bunge Iberica · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Mercados De Abastecimientos De Barcelona · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Compañia Cervecera Damm · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂
• Sagunto Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 677,033 t CO₂
• Sant Vicent dels Horts Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 454,763 t CO₂
• Celsa Barcelona Castellbisbal steel plant · Steel Plant · 116,543 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 41.34677, 2.15847. View on OpenStreetMap.

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