Opal Australian Paper - Maryvale Mill

Opal Australian Paper - Maryvale Mill is a pulp & paper mill in Australia with a reported capacity of 325,000 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It emits about 74,484 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 17,362 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 58% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375326.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 325,000 t of pulp & paper, Opal Australian Paper - Maryvale Mill é em torno de a mediana de pulp & paper mill em Australia (325,000 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 74,484 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.

Local climate

Opal Australian Paper - Maryvale Mill sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 38.2°S in the southern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates -38.18545, 146.44533. View on OpenStreetMap.

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