Souselas Cement Plant

Souselas Cement Plant is a cement plant in Portugal with a reported capacity of 3,500,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by InterCement Portugal SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 6 cement plants tracked in Portugal. It emits about 953,806 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 222,332 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 24% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32439040.

Im Kontext: wie sich diese Anlage vergleicht

Bei 3,500,000 t of cement ist Souselas Cement Plant deutlich über dem Medianwert von cement plant in Portugal (2,000,000 t of cement). Sein CO₂ pro Kapazitätseinheit liegt ungefähr 22% 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 953,806 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 Portugal

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

Operator

Operated by InterCement Portugal SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Souselas Cement Plant sits in a warm-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), at 40.3°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 #1 largest of 6 cement plants in Portugal by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Lactogal - Produtos Alimentares, S.A. - Tocha (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• Helix - Indústria De Confeções, S.A. · Textiles · 2,714 t CO₂
• Acorfato - Industria De Confeccoes S.A · Textiles · 2,714 t CO₂
• Figueira da Foz BEKP Pulp and Paper Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 309,171 t CO₂
• Sumolis Gm - Pombal (Ci) · Food & Beverage · 136,557 t CO₂
• The Navigator Company - Cacia Pulp Mill · Pulp & Paper Mill · 173,570 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.28898, -8.41818. View on OpenStreetMap.

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