Lappeenranta Cement Plant

Lappeenranta Cement Plant is a cement plant in Finland with a reported capacity of 550,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Finnsementti Oy. By capacity it ranks #2 of 2 cement plants tracked in Finland. It emits about 106,600 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 24,848 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 46% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438427.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 550,000 t of cement ist Lappeenranta Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Finland (1,000,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 62% unter 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 106,600 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 Finland

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

Operator

Operated by Finnsementti Oy. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Lappeenranta Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 61.0°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 #2 largest of 2 cement plants in Finland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Nordkalk Oy Ab, Ihalaisen Kaivos · Lime Plant · 102,352 t CO₂
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• Metsä Fibre Oy - Joutseno Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 302,260 t CO₂
• Metsä Board Cartonboard Division Joutseno Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 282,244 t CO₂
• Ovako Imatra steel plant · Steel Plant · 49,870 t CO₂
• Pulp Invest LLC - Svetogorsk Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 83,766 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 61.0335, 28.177. View on OpenStreetMap.

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