Oro Grande Cement Plant

Oro Grande Cement Plant is a cement plant in United States with a reported capacity of 1,350,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by CalPortland Co. By capacity it ranks #30 of 86 cement plants tracked in United States. It emits about 216,588 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 50,487 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 55% below the median cement plant.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-1898044.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 1,350,000 t of cement, Oro Grande Cement Plant é em torno de a mediana de cement plant em United States (1,100,000 t of cement). Seu CO₂ por unidade de capacidade é aproximadamente 46% 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 216,588 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 United States

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

Operator

Operated by CalPortland Co. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Oro Grande Cement Plant sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 34.6°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 #30 largest of 86 cement plants in United States by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Victorville Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 898,055 t CO₂
• Mojave Market · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Double R Brand Industries, Llc · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Mitsubishi Lucerne Valley Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 448,853 t CO₂
• Far West Meats · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂
• Rancho De Philo Winery · Food & Beverage · 4,154 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 34.60874, -117.33764. View on OpenStreetMap.

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