Hannover Cement Plant

Hannover Cement Plant is a cement plant in Germany with a reported capacity of 700,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Heidelberg Materials AG. By capacity it ranks #25 of 32 cement plants tracked in Germany. It emits about 140,865 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 32,836 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 44% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1896608.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 700,000 t of cement, Hannover Cement Plant é abaixo de a mediana de cement plant em Germany (1,000,000 t of cement). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 37% 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.

What 140,865 t CO₂e a year looks like

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.

Capacity vs largest cement plants in Germany

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

Operator

Operated by Heidelberg Materials AG. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Hannover Cement Plant sits in a temperate oceanic climate zone (Köppen Cfb), at 52.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

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

How it compares & nearby sites

The #25 largest of 32 cement plants in Germany by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Hover Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 128,067 t CO₂
• Gilde Brauerei Gmbh · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Nordzucker Ag Werk Clauen · Food & Beverage · 151,340 t CO₂
• Nordzucker Ag Werk Nordstemmen · Food & Beverage · 137,876 t CO₂
• Salzgitter Peiner Träger Peine steel plant · Steel Plant · 59,812 t CO₂
• Kospro Gmbh · Textiles · 22,447 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 52.37495, 9.87709. View on OpenStreetMap.

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