Qena Desert Cement Plant

Qena Desert Cement Plant is a cement plant in Egypt with a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Al Nahda Cement Co. By capacity it ranks #22 of 26 cement plants tracked in Egypt. It emits about 463,133 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 107,956 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 14% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896677.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 1,500,000 t of cement ist Qena Desert Cement Plant unter dem Medianwert von cement plant in Egypt (2,690,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 14% 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 463,133 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 Egypt

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

Operator

Operated by Al Nahda Cement Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Qena Desert Cement Plant sits in a hot desert climate zone (Köppen BWh), at 26.3°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 #22 largest of 26 cement plants in Egypt by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Qift Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 429,689 t CO₂
• Nag Hammadi aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 708,087 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 26.25367, 32.97108. View on OpenStreetMap.

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