ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal

ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal is a pulp & paper mill in Germany with a reported capacity of 333,627 t of pulp & paper. It turns wood or recovered fibre into pulp and paper, with large steam and drying loads. It is operated by Mercer International Inc. By capacity it ranks #1 of 12 pulp & paper mills tracked in Germany. It emits about 160,166 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 37,335 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% below the median pulp & paper mill.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-44375505.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 333,627 t of pulp & paper, ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal é bem acima de a mediana de pulp & paper mill em Germany (199,500 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 160,166 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by Mercer International Inc. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

ZS Zellstoff Stendal GmbH - Mercer Stendal sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.7°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 #1 largest of 12 pulp & paper mills in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Zellstoff Stendal Gmbh · Lime Plant · 1,901,414 t CO₂
• Riva Brandenburg Electric Steel Works · Steel Plant · 107,661 t CO₂
• Glencore Magdeburg Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Riva Hennigsdorfer Electric Steel Works · Steel Plant · 59,812 t CO₂
• Cargill Deutschland Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Nordzucker Ag, Werk Klein Wanzleben · Food & Beverage · 107,876 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.72633, 12.01122. View on OpenStreetMap.

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