Centro De Produção De Loulé (Ci) — Portugal

Centro De Produção De Loulé (Ci) is a lime plant in Portugal. Its listed capacity is 787,534 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 #2 among 5 lime plants in Portugal. It emits about 518,564 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 3.5% of the CO₂e from the 29 facilities in Portugal that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467717.

In context: how this facility compares

At 787,534 t of lime, Centro De Produção De Loulé (Ci) is around the median lime plant in Portugal (702,065 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 518,564 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 Portugal

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

Local climate

Centro De Produção De Loulé (Ci) sits in a hot-summer Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csa), at 37.1°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 a corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C4 — High), with marine corrosion the leading environmental stress.

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1329 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.02× 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 #2 largest of 5 lime plants in Portugal by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).

Nearby industrial sites

• Loule Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 274,581 t CO₂
• Cítricos Del Andévalo, S.A. · Food & Beverage
• Matadero Industrial El Mayorazgo De Jabugo, S.A. · Food & Beverage
• CEPSA La Rabida Refinery · Refinery · 2,216,744 t CO₂
• Galp Energia Sines Refinery · Refinery · 2,497,426 t CO₂
• Repsol SA , Sines · Petrochemical · 535,047 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 37.1343, -8.09759. View on OpenStreetMap.

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