UNACEM Tehachapi Cement Plant

UNACEM Tehachapi Cement Plant is a cement plant in United States with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by UNACEM Corp SAA. By capacity it ranks #63 of 86 cement plants tracked in United States. It emits about 458,407 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 106,855 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 59% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32439308.

En contexte: comment cette installation se compare

À 800,000 t of cement, UNACEM Tehachapi Cement Plant est en dessous de la médiane des cement plant en United States (1,100,000 t of cement). Son CO₂ par unité de capacité est approximativement 91% 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 458,407 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by UNACEM Corp SAA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

UNACEM Tehachapi Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 35.1°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 #63 largest of 86 cement plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Mojave Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 363,798 t CO₂
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• Sawmill Mountain Vineyards Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Public Brew, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Harvest Farms, Inc. · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 35.12293, -118.36932. View on OpenStreetMap.

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