PERI Greenhouse 100 Polluters State Summary For Minnesota
Overall
Summary for Minnesota Value
Total 2022 CO2 equivalent emissions (millions of metric tons): 36.6
Percentage of national total: 1.4
Rank among US states (1=top): 28
Top 5 Polluter Companies in Minnesota
Top 5 Sectors in Minnesota
Sector Name CO2 equivalent emissions (mmt) Num. facilities
Power Plants 21.3 31
Petroleum Refineries 3.2 2
Iron and Steel Production 2.4 7
Ethanol Production 1.8 17
Hydrogen Production 1.8 2
All facilities in Minnesota
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(Links on facility names lead to FLIGHT reports.)
Facility Name Parent CO2 equivalent emissions (mt) Split *
Sherburne County Xcel Energy 10,469,290
Boswell Energy Center Allete 5,374,492
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery Koch Industries 4,211,123
Allen S King Xcel Energy 1,266,378
US STEEL - Minntac United States Steel 1,253,779
St. Paul Park Refining Company, LLC Marathon Petroleum 800,372
High Bridge Xcel Energy 756,436
Mankato Energy Center JPMorgan Chase 730,361
Riverside (1927) Xcel Energy 577,103
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative 515,209
UNITED TACONITE LLC - FAIRLANE PLANT Cleveland-Cliffs 425,473
Black Dog Xcel Energy 362,265
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - E GRAND FORKS American Crystal Sugar 358,089
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - MOORHEAD American Crystal Sugar 312,400
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - CROOKSTON American Crystal Sugar 303,364
Cottage Grove Cogeneration Panamint Capital 295,482
Hibbing Taconite Company Cleveland-Cliffs 272,660
Faribault Energy Park MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY 259,357
US Steel - Keetac United States Steel 224,653
Rosemount Industrial Waste Facility Waste Connections Inc. 224,603
Vonco II Landfill Vonco II LLC 216,506
AL CORN CLEAN FUEL AL-CORN CLEAN FUEL 203,160
HEARTLAND CORN PRODUCTS HEARTLAND CORN PRODUCTS 201,348
UNIVERSITY OF MN - TWIN CITIES State of Minnesota 189,569
GUARDIAN ENERGY LLC GUARDIAN ENERGY LLC 185,667
SAPPI CLOQUET LLC Sappi 182,006
Green Plains Fairmont LLC Green Plains Inc. 171,582
VALERO WELCOME PLANT Valero Energy 171,492
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND Archer Daniels Midland 170,379
Hennepin Energy Recovery Center Hennepin County, MN 169,122
Cleveland-Cliffs Minorca Mine Cleveland-Cliffs 162,986
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC Packaging Corporation of America 155,242
WestRock MN Corporation Smurfit Westrock plc 114,739
Red Wing Plant Xcel Energy 113,667
Cannon Falls Energy Center Invenergy 109,434
BUSHMILLS ETHANOL INC. Bushmills Ethanol 109,163
GOPHER RESOURCE LLC Energy Capital Partners 107,853
ADM - MANKATO Archer Daniels Midland 106,717
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Pipeline Cloquet CS#5 TC Energy 102,231
Rapids Energy Center Allete 95,799
ENERGY CENTER MINNEAPOLIS CORDIA LLC 94,662
SKYWATER TECHNOLOGY INC Oxbow Industries 91,812
CHS MANKATO CHS Inc. 90,807
Laskin Energy Center Allete 90,791
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Pipeline Deer River CS#4 TC Energy 90,151
3M CO 3M Company 87,926
GREEN PLAINS OTTER TAIL LLC Green Plains Inc. 87,505
HERON LAKE BIOENERGY LLC Granite Falls Energy 83,023
Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal, LLC Poet LLC 82,809
HIGHWATER ETHANOL LLC HIGHWATER ETHANOL LLC 81,427
GRANITE FALLS ENERGY LLC Granite Falls Energy 80,237
Anchor Glass Container Corporation. - Plant 12 CVC Capital Partners 79,532
Pleasant Valley Station Great River Energy 79,043
NORTHSHORE MINING CO - SILVER BAY Cleveland-Cliffs 78,947
CHS OILSEED PROCESSING - FAIRMONT CHS Inc. 77,024
POET Biorefining - Preston, LLC Poet LLC 75,749
CHIPPEWA VALLEY ETHANOL COMPANY Chippewa Valley Agrafuels Cooperative 75,238
Northern States Power Company, A Minnesota Corporation - Subpart DD Xcel Energy 74,282
MAYO MEDICAL CENTER - ROCHESTER Mayo Clinic 74,196
PINE BEND LANDFILL Republic Services 69,818
Key City/Wilmarth Plant Xcel Energy 69,577
CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas CenterPoint Energy 68,221
Greenfield Global Winnebago LLC Greenfield Global 64,489
Blue Lake Generating Plant Xcel Energy 63,794
USG Interiors, Inc. Knauf 63,663
POET BIOREFINING GLENVILLE LLC Poet LLC 62,817
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION Hormel Foods 60,619
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Pipeline Shevlin CS#3 TC Energy 59,416
Northern States Power Company, A Minnesota Corporation Xcel Energy 57,141
BURNSVILLE SANITARY LANDFILL Waste Management Inc. 56,519
HIBBING PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION City of Hibbing, MN 55,979
OLMSTED WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY Olmsted County, MN 55,814
Polar Semiconductor LLC POLAR SEMICONDUCTOR LLC 54,809
Northern Border Pipeline Garvin CS#12 Oneok 54,276 50%
Northern Border Pipeline Garvin CS#12 TC Energy 54,276 50%
RICE COUNTY LANDFILL Rice County, MN 53,929
SKB Lansing Landfill Waste Connections Inc. 53,865
SAINT MARYS HOSPITAL Mayo Clinic 53,230
MINNESOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS - BREWSTER MINNESOTA SOYBEAN PROCESSORS 52,885
Northern Border Pipeline Trimont CS#13 Oneok 52,607 50%
Northern Border Pipeline Trimont CS#13 TC Energy 52,607 50%
Poet Bioprocessing-Bingham Lake Poet LLC 52,544
Lakefield Junction Generating Great River Energy 51,884
Solway Plant Otter Tail Corp. 48,087
ALLIANCE PIPELINE - OLIVIA 23-A Enbridge 46,451 50%
ALLIANCE PIPELINE - OLIVIA 23-A Pembina Pipeline Corp. 46,451 50%
Alliance Pipeline L.P. Albert Lea 25-A Enbridge 46,387 50%
Alliance Pipeline L.P. Albert Lea 25-A Pembina Pipeline Corp. 46,387 50%
SPRUCE RIDGE RESOURCE MGMT FACILITY Waste Management Inc. 44,781
Steele County Landfill Steele County, MN 44,545
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Pipeline Thief River Falls CS#2 TC Energy 43,446
DISTRICT ENERGY ST PAUL INC-HANS O NYMAN DISTRICT ENERGY ST PAUL INC 43,102
Duluth Steam One City of Duluth, MN 42,833
Honeywell Aerospace - Plymouth Honeywell International 41,218
Southwestern Public Service Company - Subpart DD Xcel Energy 39,846
CENTRAL BI-PRODUCTS - LONG PRAIRIE FARMERS UNION INDUSTRIES LLC 39,845
DENCO II, LLC DENCO II LLC 39,794
AG PROCESSING INCORPORATED A COOPERATIVE Ag Processing Inc. 39,251
Shamrock Landfill Inc. Waste Connections Inc. 39,100
MOM BRANDS CO - PLANT 2 - NORTHFIELD Post Holdings 39,047
3M MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING DIVISION 3M Company 37,329
SWIFT PORK CO - WORTHINGTON JBS 37,258
VIRGINIA PUBLIC UTILITIES City of Virginia, MN 34,524
Silver Lake Rochester Public Utilities 34,236
LAMB WESTON RDO FROZEN Lamb Weston Holdings 33,565
USG INTERIORS, LLC - RED WING PLANT Knauf 32,565
HENNEPIN COUNTY ENERGY CENTER Hennepin County, MN 32,405
Faribault Compressor Station (Faribault, MN) Berkshire Hathaway 31,850
CENTRAL BI-PRODUCTS - REDWOOD FALLS FARMERS UNION INDUSTRIES LLC 31,390
PERHAM RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY PRAIRIE LAKES MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY 30,147
POPE/DOUGLAS SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Douglas County, MN 30,032
Anoka Municipal Regional Landfill State of Minnesota 30,024
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION Metropolitan Airports Commission 29,140
ELK RIVER SANITARY LANDFILL, INC. Waste Management Inc. 28,994
Hibbard Energy Center Allete 28,755
West Fraser, Inc. (Bemidji) West Fraser Timber 27,350
EAST CENTRAL SOLID WASTE COMMISSION East Central Solid Waste Commission 26,240
Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation WEC Energy Group 25,806
Elk River Great River Energy 24,734
3M Cottage Grove Center - Site 3M Company 24,092
Melrose Dairy Proteins, LLC Land O'Lakes 23,945
Cambridge Station Great River Energy 20,687
Farmington Compressor Station (Farmington, MN) Berkshire Hathaway 20,119
PONDEROSA LANDFILL/BLUE EARTH COUNTY Blue Earth County, MN 19,756
Inver Hills Generating Plant Xcel Energy 18,446
VGT CS 2207 Oneok 18,305
FLYING CLOUD SANITARY LANDFILL State of Minnesota 18,242
CONSOLIDATE PRECISION PRODUCTS - MINNEAPOLIS OPERATION Berkshire Partners 18,022 50%
CONSOLIDATE PRECISION PRODUCTS - MINNEAPOLIS OPERATION Warburg Pincus 18,022 50%
Northern Natural Gas - Albert Lea Berkshire Hathaway 14,624
ST PAUL COGENERATION DTE Energy 13,796 50%
ST PAUL COGENERATION Ever-Green Energy 13,796 50%
Wrenshall LNG Storage Berkshire Hathaway 12,101
LYON COUNTY Lyon County, MN 11,345
OLMSTED COUNTY - KALMAR LANDFILL Olmsted County, MN 11,133
Crow Wing County MMSW Landfill Crow Wing County, MN 7,736
Public Service Company of Colorado - Subpart DD Xcel Energy 5,770
AGRI ENERGY LLC Gevo Inc. 2,275
Gerdau Ameristeel: St. Paul Mill Gerdau 2,145
Otter Tail Power Co. Transmisstion & Distribution System Otter Tail Corp. 310
Taconite Harbor Energy Center Allete 11
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.