Cement Plant in Spain. Approximate location 36.96786, -1.90591.
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Carboneras Cement Plant is a cement plant in Spain 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 Holcim España SAU. By capacity it ranks #12 of 29 cement plants tracked in Spain. It emits about 337,057 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 78,568 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 38% below the median cement plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438409.
Con 1,500,000 t of cement, Carboneras Cement Plant está alrededor de la mediana de cement plant en Spain (1,361,000 t of cement). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 22% por debajo de la mediana de cement plant. Subsector: cement. Como cement plant, requiere calor de proceso intenso (típicamente 800–1400°C) para sus operaciones industriales centrales — calor que debe ser suministrado por calderas, hornos o combustión directa, y las pérdidas a través de recipientes y tuberías sin aislar representan combustible desperdiciado. El aislamiento modular desmontable puede reducir esas pérdidas en un 80–96%, enfriando superficies a ≤45°C, con amortización a menudo inferior a 2 años. Las plantas de cemento calientan piedra caliza a 1.400°C en hornos rotativos — uno de los procesos industriales más calientes — y deben controlar la temperatura con precisión en toda la longitud del horno.
Comparación de capacidad e intensidad de CO₂ calculada a partir de datos de instalaciones industriales de Climate TRACE; papel del sector basado en referencia de ingeniería.
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 Holcim España SAU. All facilities by this operator →
Carboneras Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 37.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #12 largest of 29 cement plants in Spain by reported capacity.
Coordinates 36.96786, -1.90591. View on OpenStreetMap.
A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 9,300 MWh/yr (≈ 3,200 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).
Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.
EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.
Carboneras Cement Plant is a cement plant in Spain. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Carboneras Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,500,000 t of cement.
Carboneras Cement Plant emits about 337,057 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 78,568 cars. That ranks #36 among tracked facilities in Spain.
Carboneras Cement Plant is in Spain, near coordinates 36.96786, -1.90591.
Carboneras Cement Plant is operated by Holcim España SAU.
