Cement Plant in Colombia. Approximate location 10.33422, -75.50019.
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Cartagena Cement Plant is a cement plant in Colombia with a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Cementos Argos SA. By capacity it ranks #4 of 14 cement plants tracked in Colombia. It emits about 467,462 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 108,966 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 35% below the median cement plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896568.
2,000,000 t of cementで、Cartagena Cement PlantはColombiaのcement plantの中央値はるかに上 1,095,000 t of cementです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、cement plantの中央値下約25%です。 サブセクター：cement。 cement plantとして、その中核的な産業操業に対して激しいプロセス熱（通常800–1400°C）が必要です。この熱はボイラー、炉、または直接燃焼によって供給される必要があり、未断熱容器および配管からの損失は無駄な燃料を表します。モジュール式脱着可能な断熱は、これらの損失を80～96%削減でき、表面を≤45°Cに冷却でき、回収期間は通常2年未満です。 セメント工場は回転キルンでセメント石を1,400°Cに加熱します。最も高温の産業プロセスの1つであり、キルン全体の温度を正確に制御する必要があります。
容量およびCO₂強度の比較はClimate TRACEの産業施設データから計算されました。セクターの役割は工学リファレンスに基づいています。
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.
Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Cementos Argos SA. All facilities by this operator →
Cartagena Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 10.3°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest of 14 cement plants in Colombia by reported capacity.
Coordinates 10.33422, -75.50019. View on OpenStreetMap.
A cement plant like this runs hot equipment that sheds heat continuously: rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves (surface/process temperatures around 200–1,000 °C). These surfaces lose energy to the air year-round; removable modular insulation cuts that loss, brings outer surfaces to ≤45 °C, and unclips for inspection.
60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.
On an already-insulated site (pipes & valves in cladding / jackets), closing the remaining gaps, flanges and damaged sections and switching to removable covers indicatively recovers about 10,000 MWh/yr (≈ 3,500 t CO₂/yr) — scaled to this site's reported CO₂ within its sector. Bare or damaged surfaces recover several times more.
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Indicative, not a measurement. Conservative floor for an already-insulated plant; a TIPCHECK on-site audit gives a measured figure. Industry context: EiiF TIPCHECK — industrial insulation can save ~14 Mtoe/yr in EU, payback typically <2 years.
Bare hot surfaces here exceed the touch-safe limit (EN ISO 13732-1); insulation to ≤45 °C is a worker-safety and compliance win. And before electrification, fuel-switching or CCS, eliminating surface heat loss is the cheapest, fastest, lowest-risk step — audit the bare spots first, rip-and-replace later.
Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:
CBAM. Exporters of cement, steel, aluminium, fertiliser, hydrogen and electricity to the EU face the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism — cutting embedded emissions (efficiency + insulation) lowers the levy.
Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.
Cartagena Cement Plant is a cement plant in Colombia. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Cartagena Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 2,000,000 t of cement.
Cartagena Cement Plant emits about 467,462 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 108,966 cars. That ranks #6 among tracked facilities in Colombia.
Cartagena Cement Plant is in Colombia, near coordinates 10.33422, -75.50019.
Cartagena Cement Plant is operated by Cementos Argos SA.
