Ketton Cement Plant

Ketton Cement Plant is a cement plant in United Kingdom with a reported capacity of 1,300,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Heidelberg Materials UK Ltd. By capacity it ranks #4 of 10 cement plants tracked in United Kingdom. It emits about 225,641 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 52,597 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 52% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896817.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 1,300,000 t of cement, Ketton Cement Plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant in United Kingdom (1,000,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 57% al di sotto 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 225,641 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 Kingdom

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

Operator

Operated by Heidelberg Materials UK Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Ketton Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.6°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 10 cement plants in United Kingdom by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Northfields Industrial Estate · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
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• Easton Food Processors · Food & Beverage · 31,707 t CO₂
• Fengate Dairy · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂
• Mars Petcare Uk · Food & Beverage · 19,860 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.64055, -0.54725. View on OpenStreetMap.

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