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Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri

Food & Beverage in Denmark. Approximate location 55.25994, 12.11499.

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Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is a food & beverage plant in Denmark with a reported capacity of 309,041,059 USD. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers. By capacity it ranks #12 of 14 food & beverage plants tracked in Denmark. It emits about 8,955 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 2,087 cars.

8,955t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#16CO₂ rank in Denmark

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38480359.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 309,041,059 USD, Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri é abaixo de a mediana de food & beverage plant em Denmark (2,243,999,680 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 8,955 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

2,087cars driven for a year
1,168homes' annual energy use
149,250tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest food & beverage plants in Denmark

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

Local climate

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 55.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

~11°Ctypical annual mean
~18°Ctypical warm-season
Temperate oceanic: long cold winters and short, cool summers

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #12 largest of 14 food & beverage plants in Denmark by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 55.25994, 12.11499. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A food & beverage plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves (surface/process temperatures around 70–200 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 2,600 MWh/yr (≈ 510 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.

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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.

EU: funding & obligation

Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).

Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.

EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is a food & beverage plant in Denmark. It processes food, beverages or tobacco — typically with boilers, cookers and dryers.

What is the capacity of Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri has a reported capacity of 309,041,059 USD.

How much CO₂ does Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri emit?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri emits about 8,955 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 2,087 cars. That ranks #16 among tracked facilities in Denmark.

Where is Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri located?

Royal Unibrew A/S, Faxe Bryggeri is in Denmark, near coordinates 55.25994, 12.11499.

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