PERI Greenhouse 100 Polluters State Summary For South Carolina
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Overall
Summary for South Carolina Value
Total 2023 CO2 equivalent emissions (millions of metric tons): 35.2
Percentage of national total: 1.4
Rank among US states (1=top): 27
Top 5 Polluter Companies in South Carolina
Top 5 Sectors in South Carolina
Sector Name CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt) Num. facilities
Power Plants 25.9 18
Cement Production 2.3 3
Municipal Landfills 1.8 20
Pulp and Paper 1.4 6
Manufacturing 1.0 19
All facilities in South Carolina
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(Links on facility names lead to FLIGHT reports.)
Facility Name Parent CO2 equivalent emissions (mt) Split *
Cross Santee Cooper 8,508,886
Winyah Santee Cooper 2,904,225
John S. Rainey Generating Station Santee Cooper 2,632,605
W S Lee Duke Energy 2,338,387
Jasper County Generating Facility Dominion Energy 2,054,257
Williams Dominion Energy 2,024,628
Wateree Dominion Energy 1,642,568
HOLCIM (US) INC. Amrize Ltd. 1,205,311
Columbia Energy Center (SC) Dominion Energy 1,118,569
Cope Station Dominion Energy 968,630
Urquhart Dominion Energy 871,163
Argos Cement LLC - Harleyville Plant Summit Materials 617,387
NUCOR STEEL - BERKELEY Nucor 598,948
GIANT CEMENT COMPANY Heidelberg Materials 499,783
Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc. Century Aluminum 421,583
McMeekin Dominion Energy 365,876
WestRock Charleston Kraft, LLC Smurfit Westrock PLC 349,147
WestRock CP, LLC - Florence Mill Smurfit Westrock PLC 339,409
International Paper - Georgetown Mill International Paper 319,897
Sylvamo Eastover Mill Sylvamo 256,795
HORRY COUNTY SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY INCORPORATED Horry County, SC 245,019
Anderson Regional Landfill Waste Connections Inc. 243,430
First Quality Tissue SE First Quality Enterprises 225,327
NUCOR STEEL DARLINGTON Nucor 185,445
WELLFORD LANDFILL Spartanburg County, SC 176,367
Broad River Energy Center JPMorgan Chase 161,540
TWIN CHIMNEYS LANDFILL Greenville County, SC 159,378
KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION Kimberly-Clark 148,672
UNION COUNTY REGIONAL MSW LANDFILL Republic Services 141,816
CMC Steel SC Commercial Metals Co. 131,133
New-Indy Catawba LLC Kraft Group 128,928 50%
New-Indy Catawba LLC Schwarz Partners 128,928 50%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION AMERICA SOUTH CAROLINA PLANT Nan Ya Plastics 128,241
CHARLESTON COUNTY LANDFILL THE CHARLES COUNTY GOVERNMENT 122,935
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES LLC - RICHBURG Koch Industries 110,355
MILLIKEN & CO MAGNOLIA PLT Milliken 105,227
Befesa Zinc US INC Befesa SA 105,187
Marlboro Paper Mill Paper Excellence Group 102,527
Georgetown Facility Eagle Materials 90,035
RICHLAND COUNTY LANDFILL Waste Management Inc. 89,696
Auriga Polymers Inc. Indorama Ventures 86,691
THREE RIVERS REGIONAL MSW LANDFILL Three Rivers Solid Waste Management Authority 76,926
SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP INC. P LANT 8S Berkshire Hathaway 75,900
INEOS US Chemicals Company CR Plant Ineos 75,045
SI Group, Inc. SK Capital Partners 72,089
Georgetown County Landfill Georgetown County, SC 68,978
Alpek Polyester USA, LLC Columbia Site Alpek 67,108
Clemson CHP Duke Energy 66,216
LEE COUNTY LANDFILL Republic Services 65,177
ENOREE LANDFILL Greenville County, SC 64,870
BERKELEY COUNTY LANDFILL Berkeley County, SC 61,645
Michelin NA Lexington Michelin 60,806
Cooper River Partners, LLC Pacolet Milliken Enterprises 59,946
BMW MANUFACTURING CORPORATION BMW 55,825
Greenwood County Landfills Greenwood County, SC 54,866
WestRock Container, LLC Smurfit Westrock PLC 54,343
FLAKEBOARD CAROLINA PARTICLEBOARD AntarChile 53,522
OAKRIDGE LANDFILL INCORPORATED Waste Management Inc. 53,292
JW Aluminum JW Aluminum 52,140
Cherokee County Cogen Santee Cooper 50,857
ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC SK Capital Partners 50,087
Resonac Graphite America Inc.130130 Resonac Holdings 47,352
SCE&G Gas Operations Dominion Energy 46,411
Norbord South Carolina Inc. West Fraser Timber 41,052
Sonoco Products Co. Sonoco Products 39,916
INV. Camden Plant Koch Industries 39,377
University of South Carolina University Of South Carolina 37,991
U.S. ARMY TRAINING CENTER (ATC) & FORT JACKSON RANGES U.S. Government 37,769
Cytec Engineered Materials Inc. Solvay 33,632
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Bridgestone 33,613
DSM Nutritional Products DSM-Firmenich 33,421
HICKORY HILL LANDFILL/RECYCLING Waste Management Inc. 30,450
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL AMERICA, INC. - POLYESTER FILM DIVISION Mitsubishi Chemical 30,447
Carolina Gas Transmission - Southern Station Berkshire Hathaway 30,339
Owens Corning Owens Corning 29,581
Mill Creek Combustion Turbine Sta Duke Energy 29,422
YORK COUNTY LANDFILL York County, SC 28,917
DAK AMERICAS LLC Alpek 28,706
Carolina Gas Transmission - Grover Station (Tran) Berkshire Hathaway 27,482
INGEVITY SC LLC CHARLESTON CHEMICAL PLANT Ingevity 25,454
Fiber Industries, LLC MHR Fund Management 24,788
City of Greenville Closed Landfill City of Greenville, SC 23,787
Owens Corning Vitrotex, LLC Owens Corning 23,247
NORTHEAST SANITARY LANDFILL Republic Services 22,436
SCE&G Electric Power Delivery Dominion Energy 20,832
TRANSCO STATION 140 Williams Companies 17,631
H B Robinson / Darlington Electric Power Plant Duke Energy 16,495
SANTEE PRINT WORKS INCORPORATED SANTEE PRINT WORKS INC 14,984
Lauscha Fiber International Clearlake Capital 14,703
Liberty Steel Georgetown Holdings LLC GFG Alliance 13,381
GE (Greenville) Gas Turbines, LLC GE Vernova 13,294
PALMETTO LANDFILL AND RECYCLING CENTER Waste Management Inc. 12,548
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS LLC - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE Fluor 10,851 50%
SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS LLC - SAVANNAH RIVER SITE Huntington Ingalls Industries 10,851 50%
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY State of South Carolina 9,648
Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Ward Darling Ingredients 8,424
City of Union, South Carolina City of Union, SC 1,838
Fountain Inn Natural Gas System City of Fountain Inn, SC 1,486
Clarios, LLC - Florence Recycling Center Brookfield Corporation 332
For more information on the data, see the technical notes .
* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies.