State Summary For South Dakota
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Overall
Summary for South Dakota Value
Total 2023 CO2 equivalent emissions (millions of metric tons): 6.3
Percentage of national total: 0.2
Rank among US states (1=top): 44
Top 5 Polluter Companies in South Dakota
Top 5 Sectors in South Dakota
Sector Name CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt) Num. facilities
Power Plants 2.9 8
Ethanol Production 1.7 16
Cement Production 0.8 1
Lime Manufacturing 0.3 1
Municipal Landfills 0.3 6
All facilities in South Dakota
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Facility Name Parent CO2 equivalent emissions (mt) Split *
Big Stone Otter Tail Corp. 1,919,343
GCC DACOTAH Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) 817,514
Deer Creek Station Basin Electric Power Cooperative 461,037
PETE LIEN & SONS, INC. Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. 278,549
Astoria Station Otter Tail Corp. 227,933
NUGEN ENERGY LLC REX AMERICAN RESOURCES 204,168
VALERO RENEWABLE FUELS LLC Valero Energy 201,939
ABERDEEN ENERGY LLC Glacial Lakes Corn Processors 197,928
Glacial Lakes Energy Glacial Lakes Corn Processors 183,158
Angus Anson Xcel Energy 161,253
POET Biorefining Mitchell, LLC Poet LLC 107,748
DAKOTA ETHANOL, LLC Lake Area Corn Processors 103,284
Ringneck Energy RING-NECK ENERGY & FEED LLC 101,614
POET Biorefining - Hudson Poet LLC 99,741
Poet Biorefining-Big Stone Poet LLC 96,558
Groton Generating Station Basin Electric Power Cooperative 89,416
POET Biorefining - Groton Poet LLC 87,870
SIOUX FALLS REGIONAL SANITARY LANDFILL (SFRSL) City of Sioux Falls, SD 87,241
Hub City Energy Glacial Lakes Corn Processors 78,278
REDFIELD ENERGY LLC REDFIELD ENERGY LLC 68,250
POET Biorefining-Chancellor Poet LLC 62,194
Huron Energy Glacial Lakes Corn Processors 61,951
Ag Processing Inc Ag Processing Inc. 55,627
BROWN COUNTY LANDFILL Brown County, SD 55,468
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. WH Group 53,097
Agropur, Inc. Agropur 49,285
Red River Energy Red River Energy 44,450
Huron NorthWestern Corp. 44,092
BROOKINGS CITY LANDFILL City of Brookings, SD 41,062
WATERTOWN LANDFILL City of Watertown, SD 40,089
SOUTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC 39,855
Vermillion Sanitary Landfill City of Vermillion, SD 33,092
Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC. Norsk Hydro 29,166
Lange Black Hills Corp. 23,769
Aberdeen Generating Station NorthWestern Corp. 22,998
Prairie Aquatech Manufacturing, LLC Prairie Aquatech Manufacturing, LLC 21,065
RAPID CITY LANDFILL City of Rapid City, SD 17,862
POET RESEARCH CENTER, INC. Poet LLC 16,316
BENTONITE PERFORMANCE MINERALS-COLONY Halliburton 15,703
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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.
