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El Puente Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Bolivia. Approximate location -21.24779, -65.20889.

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El Puente Cement Plant is a cement plant in Bolivia with a reported capacity of 330,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento SA. By capacity it ranks #7 of 7 cement plants tracked in Bolivia. It emits about 137,335 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,013 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 16% above the median cement plant.

330,000t of cement
137,335t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#7CO₂ rank in Bolivia
0.42t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437267.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 330,000 t of cement, El Puente Cement Plant est en dessous de la médiane des cement plant en Bolivia (1,100,000 t of cement). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 21% au-dessus de la médiane des cement plant. Sous-secteur: cement. Comme cement plant, elle nécessite une chaleur de procédé intensive (typiquement 800–1400°C) pour ses opérations industrielles essentielles — chaleur qui doit être fournie par des chaudières, fours ou combustion directe, et les pertes par les récipients et tuyauteries non isolés représentent du combustible gaspillé. L'isolation modulaire amovible peut réduire ces pertes de 80–96%, refroidissant les surfaces à ≤45°C, avec des délais d'amortissement souvent inférieurs à 2 ans. Les cimenteries chauffent le calcaire à 1.400°C dans des fours rotatifs — l'un des processus industriels les plus chauds — et doivent contrôler la température avec précision sur toute la longueur du four.

Comparaison de capacité et d'intensité de CO₂ calculée à partir des données des installations industrielles Climate TRACE; rôle du secteur basé sur la référence d'ingénierie.

What 137,335 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

32,013cars driven for a year
17,910homes' annual energy use
2,288,917tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Bolivia

Viacha Cement Plant: 2,000,000 t of cement2.0MViacha Cem…Caracollo Cement Plant: 1,300,000 t of cement1.3MCaracollo …Potosi Cement Plant: 1,298,209 t of cement1.3MPotosi Cem…Irpa Irpa Cement Plant: 1,100,000 t of cement1.1MIrpa Irpa …Yacuses Cement Plant: 950,000 t of cement950kYacuses Ce…Sucre Cement Plant: 766,000 t of cement766kSucre Ceme…El Puente Cement Plant: 330,000 t of cement330kEl Puente …

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

Operator

Operated by Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

El Puente Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 21.2°S in the southern hemisphere.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Cold semi-arid steppe: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #7 largest of 7 cement plants in Bolivia by reported capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -21.24779, -65.20889. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is El Puente Cement Plant?

El Puente Cement Plant is a cement plant in Bolivia. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of El Puente Cement Plant?

El Puente Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 330,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does El Puente Cement Plant emit?

El Puente Cement Plant emits about 137,335 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,013 cars. That ranks #7 among tracked facilities in Bolivia.

Where is El Puente Cement Plant located?

El Puente Cement Plant is in Bolivia, near coordinates -21.24779, -65.20889.

Who operates El Puente Cement Plant?

El Puente Cement Plant is operated by Sociedad Boliviana de Cemento SA.

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