Kinnegad Cement Plant

Kinnegad Cement Plant is a cement plant in Ireland with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Breedon Group PLC. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 cement plants tracked in Ireland. It emits about 293,265 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 68,360 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 16% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897157.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 700,000 t of cement, Kinnegad Cement Plant est en dessous de la médiane des cement plant en Ireland (1,400,000 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 293,265 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 Ireland

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

Operator

Operated by Breedon Group PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Kinnegad Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 53.4°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 #4 largest of 4 cement plants in Ireland by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Dawn Meats Ireland Unlimited Company · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Bailieboro Foods Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Drogeheda Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 984,891 t CO₂
• Diageo Ireland (St. James Gate) · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂
• Premier Periclase Limited · Lime Plant · 173,206 t CO₂
• Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited · Food & Beverage · 64,192 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 53.43236, -7.14398. View on OpenStreetMap.

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