Cement Plant in Saudi Arabia. Approximate location 24.27629, 37.56494.
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Al Nabah Cement Plant is a cement plant in Saudi Arabia with a reported capacity of 10,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Yanbu Cement Co. By capacity it ranks #1 of 19 cement plants tracked in Saudi Arabia. It emits about 3,461,521 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 806,881 cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897769.
Bei 10,000,000 t of cement ist Al Nabah Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in Saudi Arabia (4,000,000 t of cement). Untersektor: cement. Als cement plant benötigt es intensive Prozesswärme (typischerweise 800–1400°C) für seinen Kernbetrieb — Wärme, die durch Dampfkessel, Öfen oder direkte Verbrennung geliefert werden muss, und Verluste durch ungedämmte Behälter und Rohrleitungen stellen verschwendeten Brennstoff dar. Modulare abnehmbare Dämmung kann diese Verluste um 80–96% senken, Oberflächen auf ≤45°C kühlen, mit Amortisationszeiten oft unter 2 Jahren. Zementanlagen erhitzen Kalkstein auf 1.400°C in Drehrohröfen — einer der heißesten Industrieprozesse — und müssen die Temperatur über die gesamte Ofenlänge präzise kontrollieren.
Vergleich von Kapazität und CO₂-Intensität berechnet aus Climate TRACE Industrieanlagendaten; Sektorrolle basierend auf Ingenieurreferenz.
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.
Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Yanbu Cement Co. All facilities by this operator →
Al Nabah Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 24.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #1 largest of 19 cement plants in Saudi Arabia by reported capacity.
Coordinates 24.27629, 37.56494. View on OpenStreetMap.
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.
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.
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.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
Al Nabah Cement Plant is a cement plant in Saudi Arabia. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Al Nabah Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 10,000,000 t of cement.
Al Nabah Cement Plant emits about 3,461,521 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 806,881 cars. That ranks #7 among tracked facilities in Saudi Arabia.
Al Nabah Cement Plant is in Saudi Arabia, near coordinates 24.27629, 37.56494.
Al Nabah Cement Plant is operated by Yanbu Cement Co.
