Cales De Pachs — Spain

Cales De Pachs is a lime plant in Spain. Its listed capacity is 264,132 t of lime. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry. By capacity it ranks #3 among 3 lime plants in Spain. It emits about 109,860 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.23% of the CO₂e from the 91 facilities in Spain that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 37% below the national median for this sector.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467724.

In context: how this facility compares

At 264,132 t of lime, Cales De Pachs is below the median lime plant in Spain (1,400,625 t of lime). Subsector: lime. As lime plant, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 109,860 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

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

Capacity vs largest lime plants in Spain

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

Local climate

Cales De Pachs sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 41.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1353 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.04× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

The #3 largest of 3 lime plants in Spain by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Affinity Petcare · Food & Beverage
• Monjos Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 516,930 t CO₂
• Cargill (Martorell) · Food & Beverage
• Sant Vicent dels Horts Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 454,763 t CO₂
• Celsa Barcelona Castellbisbal steel plant · Steel Plant · 116,543 t CO₂
• Compañia Cervecera Damm · Food & Beverage

Location

Coordinates 41.3667, 1.68476. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions