PERI Greenhouse 100 Polluters State Summary For South Dakota

Overall

Summary for South Dakota	Value
Total 2022 CO2 equivalent emissions (millions of metric tons):	6.1
Percentage of national total:	0.2
Rank among US states (1=top):	45

Top 5 Polluter Companies in South Dakota

Company	CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt)	% of state total	Num. facilities
Otter Tail Corp.	2.3	39.2	2
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC)	0.9	14.6	1
Glacial Lakes Corn Processors	0.5	8.6	4
Poet LLC	0.5	8.6	6
Basin Electric Power Cooperative	0.4	7.3	2

Top 5 Sectors in South Dakota

Sector Name	CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt)	Num. facilities
Power Plants	2.9	8
Ethanol Production	1.6	16
Cement Production	0.9	1
Municipal Landfills	0.3	6
Lime Manufacturing	0.3	1

All facilities in South Dakota

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Facility Name	Parent	CO2 equivalent emissions (mt)	Split *
Big Stone	Otter Tail Corp.	2,188,991
GCC DACOTAH	Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC)	854,773
Deer Creek Station	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	338,907
PETE LIEN & SONS, INC.	Pete Lien & Sons, Inc.	258,846
NUGEN ENERGY LLC	REX AMERICAN RESOURCES	193,294
VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS LLC	Valero Energy	192,931
ABERDEEN ENERGY LLC	Glacial Lakes Corn Processors	192,049
Glacial Lakes Energy	Glacial Lakes Corn Processors	182,355
POET Biorefining - Hudson	Poet LLC	105,486
POET Biorefining Mitchell, LLC	Poet LLC	104,772
Astoria Station	Otter Tail Corp.	99,985
DAKOTA ETHANOL, LLC	Lake Area Corn Processors	98,183
Poet Biorefining-Big Stone	Poet LLC	94,636
POET Biorefining-Chancellor	Poet LLC	91,049
POET Biorefining - Groton	Poet LLC	88,596
Groton Generating Station	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	88,250
Angus Anson	Xcel Energy	79,667
Hub City Energy	Glacial Lakes Corn Processors	73,414
REDFIELD ENERGY LLC	REDFIELD ENERGY LLC	69,772
SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL SANITARY LANDFILL (SFRSL)	City of Sioux Falls, SD	60,842
Ag Processing Inc	Ag Processing Inc.	56,645
Huron Energy	Glacial Lakes Corn Processors	55,979
BROWN COUNTY LANDFILL	Brown County, SD	54,522
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.	WH Group	54,280
Agropur, Inc.	Agropur	49,040
RAPID CITY LANDFILL	City of Rapid City, SD	47,292
Red River Energy	Red River Energy	46,341
BROOKINGS CITY LANDFILL	City of Brookings, SD	39,035
WATERTOWN LANDFILL	City of Watertown, SD	38,609
SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS	South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC	38,603
Aberdeen Generating Station	NorthWestern Corp.	36,536
Prairie Aquatech Manufacturing, LLC	Prairie Aquatech Manufacturing, LLC	32,531
Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC.	Norsk Hydro	32,433
Vermillion Sanitary Landfill	City of Vermillion, SD	31,995
Huron	NorthWestern Corp.	20,539
Lange	Black Hills Corp.	16,337
POET RESEARCH CENTER, INC.	Poet LLC	15,497
BENTONITE PERFORMANCE MINERALS-COLONY	Halliburton	11,825
Ringneck Energy	RING-NECK ENERGY & FEED LLC	91

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* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies.