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Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1

Cement Plant in Fiji. Approximate location -18.10136, 178.38939.

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Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 is a cement plant in Fiji with a reported capacity of 215,000 t of cement. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement. It is operated by Pacific Cement Ltd. It emits about 91,478 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 21,324 cars. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is about 18% above the median cement plant.

215,000t of cement
91,478t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1CO₂ rank in Fiji
0.43t CO₂ per capacity unit

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-42546283.

У контексті: як порівнюється це підприємство

При потужності 215,000 t of cement Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 — це приблизно медіана cement plant у Fiji (215,000 t of cement). Підсектор: cement. Як cement plant, воно вимагає високотемпературного технологічного тепла (зазвичай 800–1400°C) для основних промислових операцій — тепла, яке повинне подаватися котлами, печами або прямим спаленням, і втрати через неізольовані судини та трубопроводи представляють витрачене напразно паливо. Знімна модульна теплоізоляція може зменшити ці втрати на 80–96%, охолодивши поверхню обладнання до ≤45°C, з окупністю часто менше 2 років. Цементні заводи нагрівають вапняк до 1400°C у обертових печах — один із найгарячіших промислових процесів — і повинні точно контролювати температуру по всій довжині печі.

Порівняння продуктивності та інтенсивності CO₂ розраховано на основі даних промислових об'єктів Climate TRACE; роль сектору заснована на інженерних довідниках.

What 91,478 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

21,324cars driven for a year
11,930homes' annual energy use
1,524,633tree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Operator

Operated by Pacific Cement Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 sits in a tropical rainforest climate zone (Köppen Af), at 18.1°S in the southern hemisphere.

~26°Ctypical annual mean
~27°Ctypical warm-season
Tropical rainforest: warm all year, with distinct wet and dry seasons

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

Location

Coordinates -18.10136, 178.38939. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

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.

Indicative recoverable energy

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.

Safety & the no-regret first step

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.

External climate finance your country can access

Domestic energy-efficiency grants are limited here; industrial decarbonisation is mainly funded externally:

Routed via national development banks / accredited entities — not a direct factory grant. Verified 2026.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1?

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 is a cement plant in Fiji. It burns limestone in high-temperature rotary kilns to make clinker and cement.

What is the capacity of Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1?

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 has a reported capacity of 215,000 t of cement.

How much CO₂ does Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 emit?

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 emits about 91,478 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 21,324 cars. That ranks #1 among tracked facilities in Fiji.

Where is Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 located?

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 is in Fiji, near coordinates -18.10136, 178.38939.

Who operates Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1?

Pacific Lami Cement Plant 1 is operated by Pacific Cement Ltd.

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