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UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant

Cement Plant in India. Approximate location 16.87039, 80.02086.

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UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant is a cement plant in India with a reported capacity of 5,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by UltraTech Cement Ltd. By capacity it ranks #24 of 160 cement plants tracked in India. It emits about 2,669,018 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 622,149 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 48% above the median cement plant.

5,000,000t of cement
2,669,018t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#45CO₂ rank in India
0.53t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897059.

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عند 5,000,000 t of cement، يكون UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant أعلى بكثير من متوسط cement plant في India (2,500,000 t of cement). CO₂ لكل وحدة سعة هو تقريباً 42% أعلى من متوسط cement plant. القطاع الفرعي: cement. كـ cement plant، يتطلب حرارة عملية مكثفة (عادة 800–1400°C) لعملياته الصناعية الأساسية — حرارة يجب توفيرها بواسطة الغلايات أو الأفران أو الاحتراق المباشر، والخسائر من خلال الحاويات والأنابيب غير المعزولة تمثل وقود مهدر. يمكن للعزل المعياري القابل للإزالة أن يقلل هذه الخسائر بمقدار 80-96٪، وتبريد الأسطح إلى ≤45°C، مع فترة استرجاع غالباً أقل من سنتين. تقوم مصانع الإسمنت بتسخين الحجر الجيري إلى 1,400°C في الأفران الدوارة — أحد أكثر العمليات الصناعية سخونة — ويجب التحكم في درجة الحرارة بدقة عبر طول الفرن كله.

مقارنة السعة وكثافة CO₂ محسوبة من بيانات منشآت Climate TRACE الصناعية؛ دور القطاع بناءً على مرجع الهندسة.

What 2,669,018 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

622,149cars driven for a year
348,072homes' annual energy use
44,483,633tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest cement plants in India

UltraTech Anantapuram Cement Plant: 9,000,000 t of cement9.0MUltraTech …UltraTech Nrupathanga Cement Plant: 8,700,000 t of cement8.7MUltraTech …Kesoram Industries Gulbarga Cement Plant: 8,650,000 t of cement8.6MKesoram In…Wonder Cement Nimbahera Cement Plant: 8,000,000 t of cement8.0MWonder Cem…UltraTech Adityapuram Cement Plant: 8,000,000 t of cement8.0MUltraTech …Ambuja Cements Suli/Rauri Cement Plant: 6,800,000 t of cement6.8MAmbuja Cem…UltraTech Vikram Nagar Cement Plant: 6,670,000 t of cement6.7MUltraTech …Prism Johnson Mankahari Cement Plant: 6,600,000 t of cement6.6MPrism John…

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

Operator

Operated by UltraTech Cement Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 16.9°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #24 largest of 160 cement plants in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 16.87039, 80.02086. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °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.

60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.

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 19,000 MWh/yr (≈ 6,500 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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant?

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant is a cement plant in India. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant?

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 5,000,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant emit?

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant emits about 2,669,018 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 622,149 cars. That ranks #45 among tracked facilities in India.

Where is UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant located?

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant is in India, near coordinates 16.87039, 80.02086.

Who operates UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant?

UltraTech Budawada Cement Plant is operated by UltraTech Cement Ltd.

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