CEMEX Victorville Cement Plant (Black Mountain Quarry)
Large load · 25220 Black Mountain Quarry Road, Apple Valley, CA
The CEMEX Victorville cement plant, with its Black Mountain Quarry at 25220 Black Mountain Quarry Road in Apple Valley, San Bernardino County, California, has an annual cement production capacity of over 3 million tons. Southern California Edison provides electrical service to the Black Mountain site, and an automated demand response system sheds load on SCE load-shed requests.
Overview
The plant has an annual cement production capacity of over 3 million tons and provides cement for the construction needs in California, Nevada, and Arizona. The Black Mountain kiln (Q3) and clinker cooler system consists of coal milling, a pre-heater/pre-calciner kiln and a clinker cooler assembly. CEMEX is permitted to mine up to 6 million tons per year of limestone ore.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- Southern California Edison currently provides electrical service to the Project Site within the existing Black Mountain Quarry and related facilities. When CEMEX has a load-shed request from Southern California Edison, its automated demand response system will prioritize which machines can be powered down or placed in an idle state. An industry case study reports four GE wind turbines, two 1.6 MW and two 1.5 MW, that together produce over 6.5 million kWh/yr under a Power Purchase Agreement.
- Ownership and recent changes
- EPA lists CEMEX INC as parent company with a 100 percent ownership interest for reporting year 2023. A Kiln 2 conversion to an engineered municipal solid waste facility proposes 500 tons/day, with solid-waste permit concurrence approved on 8/20/2024, and the demand for electricity is expected to remain the same.
Facility
- Activity
- Cement manufacturing
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
- Demand flexibility
- When CEMEX has a load-shed request from Southern California Edison, the new ADR system will prioritize which machines can be powered down or placed in an idle state
Permits and agreements
- Agreement
- Power Purchase Agreement locking in savings compared to utility rates
Related records
Timeline
- Aug 20, 2024
- Kiln 2 engineered municipal solid waste permit concurrence approved
Concurrence in the Issuance of a New Solid Waste Facilities Permit for Cemex Black Mountain Quarry Plant K2 EMSW Conversion Facility in San Bernardino County