Nuvoco Vistas Sonadih Cement Plant

Nuvoco Vistas Sonadih Cement Plant is a cement plant in India with a reported capacity of 650,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd. By capacity it ranks #138 of 160 cement plants tracked in India. It emits about 256,475 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 59,784 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 10% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897011.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 650,000 t of cement, Nuvoco Vistas Sonadih Cement Plant est en dessous de la médiane des cement plant en India (2,500,000 t of cement). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 5% 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 256,475 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 India

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

Operator

Operated by Nuvoco Vistas Corporation Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Nuvoco Vistas Sonadih Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 21.7°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 #138 largest of 160 cement plants in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Ambuja Cements Bhatapara Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,111,900 t CO₂
• NU Vista Risda Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 862,992 t CO₂
• Shree Cement Raipur Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 867,800 t CO₂
• UltraTech Rawan Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,511,971 t CO₂
• Nuvoco Vistas Arasmeta Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 685,264 t CO₂
• UltraTech Hirmi Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,800,230 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 21.73059, 82.21401. View on OpenStreetMap.

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