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INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Sri Lanka. Approximate location 7.98876, 79.86721.

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INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant is a cement plant in Sri Lanka with a reported capacity of 1,300,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd. It emits about 314,594 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 73,332 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 33% below the median cement plant.

1,300,000t of cement
314,594t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1CO₂ rank in Sri Lanka
0.24t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897444.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 1,300,000 t of cement, INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant est autour de la médiane des cement plant en Sri Lanka (1,300,000 t of cement). 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 314,594 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

73,332cars driven for a year
41,027homes' annual energy use
5,243,233tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Operator

Operated by Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant sits in a tropical monsoon climate zone (Köppen Am), at 8.0°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~28°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical monsoon: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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

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Location

Coordinates 7.98876, 79.86721. View on OpenStreetMap.

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Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant?

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant is a cement plant in Sri Lanka. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant?

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,300,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant emit?

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant emits about 314,594 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 73,332 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Sri Lanka.

Where is INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant located?

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant is in Sri Lanka, near coordinates 7.98876, 79.86721.

Who operates INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant?

INSEE Puttalam Cement Plant is operated by Siam City Cement (Lanka) Ltd.

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