Cement Plant in United States. Approximate location 34.60874, -117.33764.
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Oro Grande Cement Plant is a cement plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1,350,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by CalPortland Co. By capacity it ranks #30 of 86 cement plants tracked in United States. It emits about 216,588 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 50,487 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 55% below the median cement plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1898044.
Con 1,350,000 t of cement, Oro Grande Cement Plant está alrededor de la mediana de cement plant en United States (1,100,000 t of cement). Su CO₂ por unidad de capacidad es aproximadamente 46% 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 CalPortland Co. All facilities by this operator →
Oro Grande Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 34.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #30 largest of 86 cement plants in United States by reported capacity.
Coordinates 34.60874, -117.33764. 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 8,400 MWh/yr (≈ 2,800 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.
Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers.
Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we don't hold this site's metered energy use).
Verified 2026; confirm current scheme terms before applying.
Oro Grande Cement Plant is a cement plant in United States. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Oro Grande Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,350,000 t of cement.
Oro Grande Cement Plant emits about 216,588 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 50,487 cars. That ranks #475 among tracked facilities in United States.
Oro Grande Cement Plant is in United States, near coordinates 34.60874, -117.33764.
Oro Grande Cement Plant is operated by CalPortland Co.
