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Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant

Cement Plant in India. Approximate location 16.73507, 79.88175.

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Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant is a cement plant in India with a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Sri Lalita Cement Industries Ltd. By capacity it ranks #126 of 160 cement plants tracked in India. It emits about 400,718 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 93,407 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 11% above the median cement plant.

1,000,000t of cement
400,718t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#223CO₂ rank in India
0.40t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1897127.

文脈内で:この施設がどのように比較されるか

1,000,000 t of cementで、Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement PlantはIndiaのcement plantの中央値以下 2,500,000 t of cementです。 容量あたりのCO₂は、cement plantの中央値上約6%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 400,718 t CO₂e a year looks like

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

93,407cars driven for a year
52,258homes' annual energy use
6,678,633tree seedlings grown 10 years

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

Capacity vs largest cement plants in India

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

Operator

Operated by Sri Lalita Cement Industries Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant sits in a hot semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSh), at 16.7°N in the northern hemisphere.

~23°Ctypical annual mean
~31°Ctypical warm-season
Hot semi-arid steppe: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #126 largest of 160 cement plants in India by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 16.73507, 79.88175. 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 9,900 MWh/yr (≈ 3,400 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:

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.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant?

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant is a cement plant in India. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant?

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 1,000,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant emit?

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant emits about 400,718 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 93,407 cars. That ranks #223 among tracked facilities in India.

Where is Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant located?

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant is in India, near coordinates 16.73507, 79.88175.

Who operates Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant?

Sri Lalitha Nalgonda Cement Plant is operated by Sri Lalita Cement Industries Ltd.

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