California Cement Company Reactivates Its Cogeneration Plant

Abstract

California’s energy crisis has hit the state’s businesses hard, especially those in energy-intensive industries. But Gary Thornberry, environmental/ service manager at California Portland Cement Company’s (CPCC) Colton Cement Plant, says his company has a plan to combat power interruptions. This plan includes reactivating a mothballed coalfired cogeneration plant that the company built back in the early 1980s, and reactivating two boilers that use waste heat from cement kilns.