Mataporquera Cement Plant

Mataporquera Cement Plant is a cement plant in Spain with a reported capacity of 830,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA. By capacity it ranks #24 of 29 cement plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 293,789 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 68,482 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438393.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 830,000 t of cement ist Mataporquera Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Spain (1,361,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 23% 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 293,789 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 Spain

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

Operator

Operated by Cementos Portland Valderrivas SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Mataporquera Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 42.9°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 #24 largest of 29 cement plants in Spain by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• FERROATLANTICA - FÁBRICA DE BOO · Metals Plant · 145,000 t CO₂
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• Celsa Global Steel Wire Santander plant · Steel Plant · 34,963 t CO₂
• Repsol Bilbao Refinery · Refinery · 2,566,756 t CO₂
• Bunge Iberica · Food & Beverage · 104,933 t CO₂
• Ab Azucarera Iberia S.L.U De Miranda · Food & Beverage · 50,340 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 42.87425, -4.159. View on OpenStreetMap.

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