Cemento Ultracem Esquintla Plant

Cemento Ultracem Esquintla Plant is a cement plant in Guatemala with a reported capacity of 349,518 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Ultracem SAS. By capacity it ranks #3 of 3 cement plants tracked in Guatemala. It emits about 109,634 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 25,556 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 13% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547412.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 349,518 t of cement ist Cemento Ultracem Esquintla Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Guatemala (2,200,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 14% über dem Medianwert von cement plant. 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.

What 109,634 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 cement plants in Guatemala

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

Operator

Operated by Ultracem SAS. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Cemento Ultracem Esquintla Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 14.0°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 #3 largest of 3 cement plants in Guatemala by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• AG Sidegua Masagua steel plant · Steel Plant · 19,957 t CO₂
• Clarotex S.A, Guatemala · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• C.R. Textil S.A. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Js Print · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Kl Primetex Guatemala, S.A. · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂
• Kims Global, Sociedad Anonima · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 13.96824, -90.79632. View on OpenStreetMap.

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