Energy consumption

Despite the fact that the domestic market demanded a greater quantity of cement, the fall in exports practically slowed down -in a similar extent- the Catalan factories activities. This meant that energy consumption was kept practically identical, with a slight drop of 2%, which in turn corresponds to the decrease in fossil fuels used.

In the energy field and given the diversity of fuels used, the measure used to homogenize the quantities is the joule (symbol J), unit of energy, quantity of heat and work in the International System of Units.Is a derived unit that is defined as the work done by the force of one newton when the point where the force isapplied moves one meter in the direction of the force. In fact, due to the high consumption, gigajoule (GJ) is used in cement factories, which corresponds to one billion joules.

Note: Quantities in GJ

Source: Oficemen