Körfez Cement Plant

Körfez Cement Plant is a cement plant in Türkiye with a reported capacity of 5,700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Nuh Çimento Sanayi AŞ. By capacity it ranks #2 of 57 cement plants tracked in Türkiye. It emits about 2,768,786 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 645,405 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% above the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897887.

Nel contesto: come si confronta questo impianto

Con 5,700,000 t of cement, Körfez Cement Plant è ben al di sopra di la mediana di cement plant in Türkiye (2,000,000 t of cement). Il suo CO₂ per unità di capacità è approssimativamente 34% 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 2,768,786 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 Türkiye

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

Operator

Operated by Nuh Çimento Sanayi AŞ. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Körfez Cement Plant sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 40.8°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 #2 largest of 57 cement plants in Türkiye by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Diler Iron and Steel Dilovasi plant · Steel Plant · 75,025 t CO₂
• Colakoglu Metallurgical Dilovasi plant · Steel Plant · 607,909 t CO₂
• Siddik Kardesler Dilovasi steel plant · Steel Plant · 35,714 t CO₂
• Tupras Izmit Refinery · Refinery · 2,583,199 t CO₂
• TUR-Körfez_ammonia · Chemical Plant · 588,600 t CO₂
• Kroman Steel Darica plant · Steel Plant · 130,795 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 40.782, 29.60187. View on OpenStreetMap.

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