Agua Caliente Cement Plant

Agua Caliente Cement Plant is a cement plant in Costa Rica with a reported capacity of 1,100,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Holcim Costa Rica SA. By capacity it ranks #1 of 2 cement plants tracked in Costa Rica. It emits about 442,367 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 103,116 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 12% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438298.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,100,000 t of cement, Agua Caliente Cement Plant è attorno a la mediana di cement plant in Costa Rica (1,100,000 t of cement). Sottosettore: cement. Come cement plant, richiede calore di processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°C) per le sue operazioni industriali essenziali — calore che deve essere fornito da caldaie, forni o combustione diretta, e le perdite attraverso recipienti e tubazioni non isolati rappresentano carburante sprecato. L'isolamento modulare removibile può ridurre queste perdite dell'80–96%, raffreddando superfici a ≤45°C, con payback spesso inferiore a 2 anni. Le cementerie riscaldano il calcare a 1.400°C in forni rotativi — uno dei processi industriali più caldi — e devono controllare la temperatura con precisione lungo l'intera lunghezza del forno.

Confronto di capacità e intensità di CO₂ calcolato dai dati delle strutture industriali Climate TRACE; ruolo del settore basato su riferimento ingegneristico.

What 442,367 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 Costa Rica

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

Operator

Operated by Holcim Costa Rica SA. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Agua Caliente Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 9.8°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 #1 largest of 2 cement plants in Costa Rica by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Calcetines Fieles S.A. (New Location) · Textiles · 8,272 t CO₂
• Industrias Cordero Y Chavarria · Textiles · 8,272 t CO₂
• RECOPE Puerta Limon Refinery · Refinery
• Quebrada Honda Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 271,857 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 9.83151, -83.90517. View on OpenStreetMap.

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