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Monay Cement Plant

Cement Plant in Venezuela. Approximate location 9.61889, -70.41973.

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Monay Cement Plant is a cement plant in Venezuela with a reported capacity of 1,350,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Corporacion Socialista del Cemento. By capacity it ranks #4 of 10 cement plants tracked in Venezuela. It emits about 460,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 107,305 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 5% below the median cement plant.

1,350,000t of cement
460,340t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#9CO₂ rank in Venezuela
0.34t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1898071.

文脈内で:この施設がどのように比較されるか

1,350,000 t of cementで、Monay Cement PlantはVenezuelaのcement plantの中央値約 1,210,000 t of cementです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、cement plantの中央値下約15%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。

What 460,340 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

107,305cars driven for a year
60,034homes' annual energy use
7,672,333tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Venezuela

San Sebastian Cement Plant: 2,710,000 t of cement2.7MSan Sebast…Pertigalete Cement Plant: 2,680,000 t of cement2.7MPertigalet…Cumarebo Cement Plant: 1,590,000 t of cement1.6MCumarebo C…Monay Cement Plant: 1,350,000 t of cement1.4MMonay Ceme…Ocumare Cement Plant: 1,210,000 t of cement1.2MOcumare Ce…Cerro Azul Cement Plant: 1,000,000 t of cement1000kCerro Azul…Mara Cement Plant: 730,000 t of cement730kMara Cemen…Jardin de Venezuela Cement Plant: 650,000 t of cement650kJardin de …

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

Operator

Operated by Corporacion Socialista del Cemento. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Monay Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Köppen Aw), at 9.6°N in the northern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~29°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical savanna: hot and humid year-round with little seasonal variation

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 Venezuela by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 9.61889, -70.41973. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

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.

Indicative recoverable energy

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.

Safety & the no-regret first step

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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Monay Cement Plant?

Monay Cement Plant is a cement plant in Venezuela. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Monay Cement Plant?

Monay Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,350,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Monay Cement Plant emit?

Monay Cement Plant emits about 460,340 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 107,305 cars. That ranks #9 among tracked facilities in Venezuela.

Where is Monay Cement Plant located?

Monay Cement Plant is in Venezuela, near coordinates 9.61889, -70.41973.

Who operates Monay Cement Plant?

Monay Cement Plant is operated by Corporacion Socialista del Cemento.

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