Cement Plant in Vietnam. Approximate location 9.95522, 105.84796.
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Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Chau Thanh Cement Plant is a cement plant in Vietnam. Cement plants heat limestone to 1,400C in rotary kilns one of the hottest industrial processes and must control temperature precisely across the entire kiln length. It is operated by Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Co Ltd. It emits about 622,101 t CO2e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 145k passenger cars.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO2e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42547174.
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO2e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
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Subsector: cement. As cement plant, it requires high process heat (typically 8001400C) for its core industrial operations heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 8096%, surface-cooling equipment to 45C, with payback often under 2 years. Cement plants heat limestone to 1,400C in rotary kilns one of the hottest industrial processes and must control temperature precisely across the entire kiln length.
Capacity & CO2-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
This facility's reported annual CO2e in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
At its reported 622k t CO2e/yr (Scope 1), Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Chau Thanh Cement Plant carries no domestic carbon price and as a CBAM-covered product, its 622k t at the EU CBAM rate (75/t) is 46.9M/yr of exposure on EU-bound exports. CBAM share rises from 2.5% (2026) to 100% by 2034. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 25% of fuel-related CO2 here 12k t31k t/yr, worth 938k2.3M, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at 75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).
Carbon price: EU CBAM 75/t EU ETS 79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO2: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site
Operated by Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Co Ltd.
Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Chau Thanh Cement Plant sits in a tropical savanna climate zone (Koppen Aw), at 10.0°N in the northern hemisphere.
Koppen zone: Koppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It sits in a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 High), with humidity / wetness the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1221 W/m² to ambient — roughly 0.94× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1160 W/m² of that. 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).
Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Koppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
Coordinates 9.95522, 105.84796. View on OpenStreetMap.
For a cement plant, the main modular-insulation targets are rotary kiln shell, preheater tower, tertiary air duct & kiln hood, clinker-cooler ducts, valves. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 2001,000 C C.
60% of cement CO2 is process calcination - NOT insulation-addressable; energy here is the fuel side only.
A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 12,000 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 4,000 t CO2e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.
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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.
Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.
For energy-efficiency projects around process heat, likely external funding channels include:
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.
Sources: country climate-finance facilities and public development-bank programmes.
Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Chau Thanh Cement Plant is a cement plant in Vietnam. Cement plants heat limestone to 1,400C in rotary kilns one of the hottest industrial processes and must control temperature precisely across the entire kiln length.
The page uses about 622,101 t CO2e/year from the open dataset It ranks #42 among facilities in Vietnam by reported CO2.
Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Chau Thanh Cement Plant is in Vietnam at approximately 9.95522, 105.84796.
The operator recorded in the open dataset is Can Tho - Hau Giang Cement Co Ltd.
