Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd - Kishu Mill

Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd - Kishu Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Japan with a reported capacity of 200,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by Hokuetsu Corp. By capacity it ranks #15 of 18 pulp & paper mills tracked in Japan. It emits about 52,624 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 12,267 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 51% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375590.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 200,000 t of pulp & paper, Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd - Kishu Mill é abaixo de a mediana de pulp & paper mill em Japan (432,600 t of pulp & paper). Subsetor: pulp-and-paper. Como pulp & paper mill, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 150–250°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 fábricas de celulose e papel geram seu próprio vapor para o processo de polpa e secadores de papel, operando grandes sistemas de caldeiras onde a perda de calor reduz diretamente a 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 52,624 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 pulp & paper mills in Japan

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

Operator

Operated by Hokuetsu Corp. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co. Ltd - Kishu Mill sits in a humid subtropical climate zone (Köppen Cfa), at 33.7°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 #15 largest of 18 pulp & paper mills in Japan by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Asante Corporation · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• Atom., Inc · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• ENEOS Wakayama Refinery · Refinery
• Kitai Co., Ltd · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• Suzuki Kutsushita Co., Ltd. · Textiles · 630 t CO₂
• Nippon Kansai Works (Wakayama Area, Wakayama) steel plant · Steel Plant · 4,074,166 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 33.73445, 136.01104. View on OpenStreetMap.

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