Dykerhoff Geseke Cement Plant

Dykerhoff Geseke Cement Plant is a cement plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 380,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Dyckerhoff GmbH. By capacity it ranks #31 of 32 cement plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 155,469 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 36,240 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 14% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438309.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 380,000 t of cement ist Dykerhoff Geseke Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Germany (1,000,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 29% 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 155,469 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 Germany

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

Operator

Operated by Dyckerhoff GmbH. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Dykerhoff Geseke Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.6°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 #31 largest of 32 cement plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Heidelberg Geseke Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 159,451 t CO₂
• Thomas Erwitte Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 200,445 t CO₂
• Spenner Erwitte Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 559,525 t CO₂
• Wittekind Erwitte Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 639,531 t CO₂
• Paderborn Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 134,952 t CO₂
• Beckum Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 99,662 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 51.62242, 8.5031. View on OpenStreetMap.

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