Cement Plant in Germany. Approximate location 51.26963, 11.66117.
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Karsdorf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Thomas Zement GmbH & Co KG. By capacity it ranks #4 of 32 cement plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 763,126 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 177,885 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 51% above the median cement plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896600.
Bei 1,400,000 t of cement ist Karsdorf Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in Germany (1,000,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 72% 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.
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 Thomas Zement GmbH & Co KG. All facilities by this operator →
Karsdorf Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 51.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest of 32 cement plants in Germany by reported capacity.
Coordinates 51.26963, 11.66117. View on OpenStreetMap.
Kilns, furnaces, boilers, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines on sites like this lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented removable modular insulation for hot industrial equipment:

Karsdorf Cement Plant is a cement plant in Germany. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Karsdorf Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,400,000 t of cement.
Karsdorf Cement Plant emits about 763,126 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 177,885 cars. That ranks #37 among tracked facilities in Germany.
Karsdorf Cement Plant is in Germany, near coordinates 51.26963, 11.66117.
Karsdorf Cement Plant is operated by Thomas Zement GmbH & Co KG.