PERI Greenhouse 100 Polluters State Summary For Kentucky
Overall
Summary for Kentucky Value
Total 2022 CO2 equivalent emissions (millions of metric tons): 72.7
Percentage of national total: 2.7
Rank among US states (1=top): 11
Top 5 Polluter Companies in Kentucky
Top 5 Sectors in Kentucky
Sector Name CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt) Num. facilities
Power Plants 55.3 21
Petroleum Refineries 2.2 1
HCFC-22 Prod./HFC-23 Dest. 2.2 1
Lime Manufacturing 1.9 3
Municipal Landfills 1.7 25
All facilities in Kentucky
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Facility Name Parent CO2 equivalent emissions (mt) Split *
Ghent PPL Corp. 9,887,785
Trimble County PPL Corp. 8,708,532
H L Spurlock East Kentucky Power Cooperative 8,198,349
Mill Creek PPL Corp. 7,066,313
Shawnee U.S. Government 6,863,859
East Bend Duke Energy 3,114,386
D B Wilson Big Rivers Electric Corp. 2,673,615
Paradise U.S. Government 2,560,600
Catlettsburg Refining, LLC Marathon Petroleum 2,238,609
CHEMOURS LOUISVILLE WORKS Chemours 2,208,180
Cane Run PPL Corp. 1,658,233
E.W. Brown PPL Corp. 1,378,692
KOSMOS CEMENT CO Eagle Materials 1,254,609
CARMEUSE LIME BLACK RIVER OPERATION Carmeuse 1,050,319
R D Green Big Rivers Electric Corp. 725,693
Century Aluminum Sebree LLC Century Aluminum 588,114
John S. Cooper East Kentucky Power Cooperative 558,064
CARMEUSE LIME & STONE MAYSVILLE FACILITY Carmeuse 521,243
WESTLAKE VINYLS INC Westlake Chemical 517,429
Smith Generating Facility East Kentucky Power Cooperative 485,268
CENTURY ALUMINUM OF KENTUCKY Century Aluminum 398,914
Riverside Generating Company LS Power 393,312
ARKEMA, INC. Arkema 338,828
Warrior Coal, LLC Alliance Resource Partners 332,096
North American Stainless Acerinox 311,401
MISSISSIPPI LIME CO - VERONA PLANT HBM Holdings 307,750
Marshall U.S. Government 289,623
Big Sandy American Electric Power 284,567
BIG RUN LANDFILL Boyd County Sanitary Landfill Inc 283,731
LOGAN ALUMINUM INC UACJ Corp. 237,372
Nucor Steel Gallatin LLC Nucor 233,636
CC METALS & ALLOYS, LLC GEORGIAN AMERICAN ALLOYS INC 232,808
DTE Calvert City, LLC DTE Energy 203,827
Pride Mine American Consolidated Natural Resources Inc. 192,169
Commonwealth Rolled Products American Industrial Partners 179,977
RUMPKE OF KENTUCKY INC RUMPKE CONSOLIDATED COS INC 171,978
DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC HAWESVILLE MILL Paper Excellence Group 166,646
DOW SILICONES CORPORATION Dow Inc. 166,450
WEST DAVIES COUNTY LANDFILL Daviess County, KY 161,970
AMERICAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER Michelin 160,340
Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC Shanying International 155,158
TGP Station 106 Clay City, KY Kinder Morgan 153,348
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC - CATLETTSBURG HYDROGEN PLANT Air Products & Chemicals 149,439
CertainTeed Gypsum Silver Grove, LLC. Saint-Gobain 143,987
Bluegrass Generating Station East Kentucky Power Cooperative 127,783
GLASGOW LANDFILL City of Glasgow, KY 124,356
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP OWENSBORO OPERATIONS Kimberly-Clark 123,134
Danville Enbridge 121,491
WEST KENTUCKY LANDFILL GFL Environmental 113,418
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Morehead CS TC Energy 112,943
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Grayson CS TC Energy 111,906
COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO. Clementsville CS TC Energy 111,431
Owingsville Enbridge 111,326
AGC FLAT GLASS N AMERICA INC AGC Inc. 97,673
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Goodluck CS TC Energy 94,570
INGEVITY VIRGINIA CORPORATION - CARBON PLANT Ingevity 90,811
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING KENTUCKY INCORPORATED Toyota 87,872
FORD MOTOR COMPANY - FORD KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT Ford Motor 84,920
Central Kentucky Landfill WASTE SERVICES OF BLUEGRASS 83,849
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Paint Lick TC Energy 81,914
Buffalo Trace Distillery SAZERAC 77,838
Nelson County Solid Waste Disposal Facility Nelson County Fiscal Court, KY 76,856
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY University Of Kentucky 75,267
ISP CHEMICALS LLC Ashland Global Holdings 72,727
LOU MED CENTER STEAM PLANT Louisville Medical Center Inc. 72,420
TGP Station 200 Greenup, KY Kinder Morgan 69,210
HOPKINS CO REGIONAL LANDFILL - BITUMINOU Waste Connections Inc. 68,487
COMMONWEALTH AGRI-ENERGY LLC HOPKINSVILLE ELEVATOR CO 68,300
RUMPKE OF KENTUCKY INC RUMPKE CONSOLIDATED COS INC 66,040
OWENSBORO GRAIN CO Cargill 63,731
CERTAINTEED GYPSUM & CEILING MFG INC Saint-Gobain 61,242
JIM BEAM BRANDS COMPANY Suntory 61,211
ROBARDS PROCESSING - TYSON CHICKEN INC. Tyson Foods 59,915
TGP Station 114 Catlettsburg, KY Kinder Morgan 59,737
NOVELIS ALUMINUM CORPORATION Aditya Birla Group 58,118
Monument Chemical Kentucky, LLC Monument Chemical 57,337
International Paper - Maysville Mill International Paper 55,519
Paddys Run PPL Corp. 54,576
SOUTHWIRE COMPANY KENTUCKY PLANT Southwire 53,795
LEXINGTON / FAYETTE LANDFILL Lexington Fayette Urban County Government 51,752
15-18565/15-18662 American Resources Corporation 51,539
Carbide Industries LLC Carbide Industries 51,444
Pike Co. Landfill Pike County Fiscal Court 51,023
FORD MOTOR COMPANY - FORD LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT Ford Motor 50,261
Real Alloy Recycling, LLC Polen Capital Management 50,090
OUTER LOOP RECYCLING & DISPOSA Waste Management Inc. 49,850
HQ 101ST AIRBOURNE DIV U.S. Government 48,641
AUDUBON METALS LLC KOCH ENTERPRISES 47,873
DOZIT COMPANY LANDFILL Republic Services 47,136
Arcosa Lightweight - Brooks Plant Arcosa Inc. 46,884
CALGON CARBON CORP Kuraray 46,162
INTERNATIONAL PAPER - HENDERSON MILL International Paper 45,822
COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION LLC STANTON CS TC Energy 45,075
TGP Station 096 Campbellsville, KY Kinder Morgan 44,031
LAUREL RIDGE LANDFILL Waste Connections Inc. 42,579
GREEN VALLEY LANDFILL Republic Services 42,520
Siloam Fractionation MPLX LP 41,934
Bavarian Trucking Co., Inc. BAVARIAN TRUCKING CO INC 40,945
ROHM AND HAAS CHEMICALS LLC Dow Inc. 40,399
ANR Pipeline Madisonville CS TC Energy 40,246
OHIO COUNTY BALEFILL LANDFILL Ohio County, KY 39,191
Blue Diamond Mining Mine 77 Sev.en Energy 38,889
Hardin County Landfill Hardin County, KY 37,477
U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT KNOX U.S. Government 35,995
Darling Ingredients Inc. Darling Ingredients 33,509
Texas Gas Transmission - Midland Storage Field Loews Corp. 33,212
TGP Station 871 Campbellsville, KY Kinder Morgan 31,985
VALLEY VIEW LANDFILL Republic Services 31,539
Texas Gas Transmission - Hardinsburg Station Loews Corp. 30,924
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. Haier 30,575
Columbia Gulf Transmission - Means CS TC Energy 29,503
Benson Valley LF Republic Services 29,469
VEOLIA ES MOREHEAD LANDFILL Waste Management Inc. 29,172
TGP Station 875 Richmond, KY Kinder Morgan 29,030
Texas Gas Transmission - Slaughters Station Loews Corp. 28,630
JIM BEAM BRANDS COMPANY Suntory 27,998
Essity Operations Wausau LLC Essity 27,978
Heaven Hill Distilleries - Bernheim Distillery Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc 27,351
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF KENTUCKY Dart Container 26,299
Clariant Corporation, Louisville Site, West Plant Clariant 26,160
Texas Gas Transmission - Calvert City Station Loews Corp. 23,396
LG&E and KU Energy, LLC PPL Corp. 22,058
Southern Sanitation Landfill Waste Management Inc. 21,822
BLUE RIDGE RECYCLING & DISPOSAL FACILITY Waste Management Inc. 19,849
BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERY (FORMERLY EARLY TIMES DISTILLERS CO) Brown-Forman 19,447
TRI-K LANDFILL INC Republic Services 18,428
OHIO VALLEY ALUMINUM CO INC Giampaolo Group 18,207 50%
OHIO VALLEY ALUMINUM CO INC Rio Tinto 18,207 50%
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Morgan Stanley 16,829
Texas Gas Transmission - Jeffersontown Station Loews Corp. 16,540
Bakelite Synthetics Black Diamond Capital Management 15,481 50%
Bakelite Synthetics Investindustrial 15,481 50%
Mubea, Inc. MUBEA INC 13,657
EPPERSON WASTE DISPOSAL Republic Services 13,354
Tompkinsville Enbridge 5,717
East Kentucky Power Transmission System East Kentucky Power Cooperative 4,832
LG&E and KU Energy, LLC - Subpart DD SF6 PPL Corp. 4,382
Benton Gas System City of Benton, KY 1,404
Murray Natural Gas City of Murray, KY 1,244
Robert Reid Big Rivers Electric Corp. 1
For more information on the data, see the technical notes .
