Cement Plant in Belgium. Approximate location 50.57656, 3.44408.
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Antoing Cement Plant is a cement plant in Belgium with a reported capacity of 800,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA. By capacity it ranks #4 of 4 cement plants tracked in Belgium. It emits about 136,233 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 31,756 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 53% below the median cement plant.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-32437251.
Com 800,000 t of cement, Antoing Cement Plant é abaixo de a mediana de cement plant em Belgium (1,700,000 t of cement). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 51% abaixo de a mediana de cement plant. Subsetor: cement. Como cement plant, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 800–1400°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As cimenteiras aquecem calcário a 1.400°C em fornos rotativos — um dos processos industriais mais quentes — e devem controlar a temperatura com precisão em todo o comprimento do forno.
Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.
This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Reported capacity (t of cement), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA. All facilities by this operator →
Antoing Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 50.6°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #4 largest of 4 cement plants in Belgium by reported capacity.
Coordinates 50.57656, 3.44408. View on OpenStreetMap.
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.
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 8,000 MWh/yr (≈ 2,700 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.
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.
Obligation. Under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (Art. 8), large undertakings (>250 staff or >€50M turnover / >€43M balance) must run an energy audit every 4 years or operate a certified energy management system (ISO 50001).
Funding. National energy-efficiency grants and white-certificate schemes typically apply — check the local programme.
EED Article 8, transposed nationally. Confirm current national terms.
Antoing Cement Plant is a cement plant in Belgium. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.
Antoing Cement Plant has a reported capacity of 800,000 t of cement.
Antoing Cement Plant emits about 136,233 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 31,756 cars. That ranks #17 among tracked facilities in Belgium.
Antoing Cement Plant is in Belgium, near coordinates 50.57656, 3.44408.
Antoing Cement Plant is operated by Heidelberg Materials Benelux SA.
