Ethio Chancho Cement Plant

Ethio Chancho Cement Plant is a cement plant in Ethiopia with a reported capacity of 770,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Ethio Cement PLC. By capacity it ranks #8 of 8 cement plants tracked in Ethiopia. It emits about 353,243 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 82,341 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 27% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32438425.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 770,000 t of cement, Ethio Chancho Cement Plant è al di sotto di la mediana di cement plant in Ethiopia (2,300,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 7% al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant. 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 353,243 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 Ethiopia

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

Operator

Operated by Ethio Cement PLC. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ethio Chancho Cement Plant sits in a subtropical highland climate zone (Köppen Cwb), at 9.3°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 #8 largest of 8 cement plants in Ethiopia by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Derba Midroc Cement (DMC) Plant · Cement Plant · 1,068,868 t CO₂
• Habesha Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 1,022,210 t CO₂
• Dangote Mugher Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 667,379 t CO₂
• Mugher Mekoda Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 700,529 t CO₂
• Lemi Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 2,201,812 t CO₂
• Farida Tannery Plc - Ethiopia · Textiles · 3,282 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 9.30208, 38.7407. View on OpenStreetMap.

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