Largest greenhouse-gas emitters in Kentucky

134 facilities in Kentucky reported 65,082,785 metric tons CO2e of direct emissions to the EPA for 2023, 2.7% of the national total for reporting direct emitters. Power Plants accounts for the most (77%). Largest first.

#	Facility	City	Sector	t CO2e
1	Ghent	Ghent	Power Plants	9,677,872
2	H L Spurlock	Maysville	Power Plants	7,372,549
3	Mill Creek	Louisville	Power Plants	7,214,107
4	Trimble County	Bedford	Power Plants	6,994,442
5	Shawnee	West Paducah	Power Plants	5,828,807
6	D B Wilson	Island	Power Plants	3,222,613
7	Paradise	Drakesboro	Power Plants	2,534,934
8	East Bend	Union	Power Plants	2,494,124
9	Catlettsburg Refining, LLC	Catlettsburg	Refineries	2,238,478
10	Cane Run	Louisville	Power Plants	1,806,075
11	KOSMOS CEMENT CO	Louisville	Minerals	1,320,866
12	E.W. Brown	Harrodsburg	Power Plants	1,062,999
13	CARMEUSE LIME BLACK RIVER OPERATION	Butler	Minerals	886,781
14	Big Sandy	Louisa	Power Plants	640,818
15	Century Aluminum Sebree LLC	Robards	Metals	564,341
16	WESTLAKE VINYLS INC	Calvert City	Chemicals	489,941
17	CHEMOURS LOUISVILLE WORKS	Louisville	Chemicals, Waste	486,171
18	John S. Cooper	Somerset	Power Plants	484,225
19	Nucor Steel Gallatin LLC	Ghent	Metals	378,216
20	Warrior Coal, LLC	Madisonville	Other	344,390
21	BIG RUN LANDFILL	Ashland	Waste	327,377
22	MISSISSIPPI LIME CO - VERONA PLANT	Verona	Minerals	322,597
23	Riverside Generating Company	Catlettsburg	Power Plants	284,168
24	Smith Generating Facility	Winchester	Power Plants	278,761
25	North American Stainless	Ghent	Metals	275,108
26	CARMEUSE LIME & STONE MAYSVILLE FACILITY	Maysville	Minerals	236,315
27	LOGAN ALUMINUM INC	Russellville	Metals	230,180
28	CC METALS & ALLOYS, LLC	Calvert City	Metals	204,520
29	DTE Calvert City, LLC	Calvert City	Power Plants	199,368
30	WEST DAVIES COUNTY LANDFILL	Owensboro	Waste	195,322
31	Pride Mine	Central City	Other	193,918
32	Commonwealth Rolled Products	Lewisport	Metals	179,883
33	Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC	Wickliffe	Pulp and Paper, Waste	177,856
34	CertainTeed Gypsum Silver Grove, LLC.	Silver Grove	Minerals	169,674
35	DOW SILICONES CORPORATION	Carrollton	Chemicals, Waste	166,597
36	AMERICAN SYNTHETIC RUBBER	Louisville	Other	161,361
37	AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC - CATLETTSBURG HYDROGEN PLANT	Catlettsburg	Chemicals	147,006
38	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Morehead CS	Morehead	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	132,810
39	GLASGOW LANDFILL	Glasgow	Waste	131,732
40	DOMTAR PAPER CO LLC HAWESVILLE MILL	Hawesville	Pulp and Paper, Waste	131,171
41	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Grayson CS	Grayson	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	126,081
42	TGP Station 106 Clay City, KY	Clay City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	123,716
43	15-18565/15-18662	Hazard	Other	122,327
44	KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP OWENSBORO OPERATIONS	Owensboro	Pulp and Paper	121,014
45	Danville	Danville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	120,841
46	Owingsville	Owingsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	118,716
47	WEST KENTUCKY LANDFILL	Mayfield	Waste	113,432
48	R D Green	Sebree	Power Plants	107,752
49	COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION CO. Clementsville CS	Liberty	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	107,551
50	ARKEMA, INC.	Calvert City	Chemicals	105,680
51	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Goodluck CS	Summer Shade	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	94,600
52	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Paint Lick	Paint Lick	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	93,906
53	Marshall	Calvert City	Power Plants	92,774
54	AGC FLAT GLASS N AMERICA INC	Richmond	Minerals	90,786
55	TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING KENTUCKY INCORPORATED	Georgetown	Other	84,406
56	INGEVITY VIRGINIA CORPORATION - CARBON PLANT	Wickliffe	Chemicals	80,868
57	HOPKINS CO REGIONAL LANDFILL - BITUMINOU	White Plains	Waste	80,498
58	FORD MOTOR COMPANY - FORD KENTUCKY TRUCK PLANT	Louisville	Other	78,715
59	Nelson County Solid Waste Disposal Facility	Bardstown	Waste	78,581
60	ISP CHEMICALS LLC	Calvert City	Chemicals, Waste	71,343
61	LAUREL RIDGE LANDFILL	Lily	Waste	68,746
62	UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY	Lexington	Other	67,867
63	TGP Station 200 Greenup, KY	Greenup	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	66,053
64	CERTAINTEED GYPSUM & CEILING MFG INC	Carrollton	Minerals	65,220
65	RUMPKE OF KENTUCKY INC	Jeffersonville	Waste	65,096
66	COMMONWEALTH AGRI-ENERGY LLC	Hopkinsville	Other	64,909
67	Nucor Steel Brandenburg	Brandenburg	Metals	64,560
68	TGP Station 114 Catlettsburg, KY	Catlettsburg	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	63,497
69	ROBARDS PROCESSING - TYSON CHICKEN INC.	Robards	Other	62,614
70	Buffalo Trace Distillery	Frankfort	Other, Waste	62,607
71	OWENSBORO GRAIN CO	Owensboro	Other	61,798
72	VEOLIA ES MOREHEAD LANDFILL	Morehead	Waste	61,696
73	SOUTHWIRE COMPANY KENTUCKY PLANT	Hawesville	Metals	57,297
74	NOVELIS ALUMINUM CORPORATION	Berea	Metals	56,054
75	JIM BEAM BRANDS COMPANY	Boston	Other	52,993
76	Monument Chemical Kentucky, LLC	Brandenburg	Chemicals	52,086
77	ANR Pipeline Madisonville CS	Madisonville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	51,492
78	Arcosa Lightweight - Brooks Plant	Shephersville	Minerals	51,444
79	Real Alloy Recycling, LLC	Morgantown	Metals, Waste	50,468
80	RUMPKE OF KENTUCKY INC	Butler	Waste	50,324
81	Carbide Industries LLC	Louisville	Metals	50,321
82	International Paper - Maysville Mill	Maysville	Waste	50,288
83	AUDUBON METALS LLC	Henderson	Metals	49,175
84	LEXINGTON / FAYETTE LANDFILL	Lexington	Waste	48,884
85	INTERNATIONAL PAPER - HENDERSON MILL	Henderson	Pulp and Paper	48,602
86	COLUMBIA GULF TRANSMISSION LLC STANTON CS	Stanton	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	48,488
87	LOU MED CENTER STEAM PLANT	Louisville	Power Plants	48,263
88	Pike Co. Landfill	Varney	Waste	47,953
89	Central Kentucky Landfill	Georgetown	Waste	47,040
90	Perdue Cromwell Processing Plant	Beaver Dam	Waste, Other	46,301
91	DOZIT COMPANY LANDFILL	Morganfield	Waste	44,524
92	TGP Station 096 Campbellsville, KY	Campbellsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	42,553
93	CALGON CARBON CORP	Catlettsburg	Chemicals	42,040
94	Blue Diamond Mining Mine 77	Hazard	Other	41,827
95	FORD MOTOR COMPANY - FORD LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT	Louisville	Other	40,581
96	HQ 101ST AIRBOURNE DIV	Fort Campbell	Other	40,548
97	Siloam Fractionation	South Shore	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	40,426
98	ROHM AND HAAS CHEMICALS LLC	Louisville	Other	39,962
99	TGP Station 875 Richmond, KY	Richmond	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	39,775
100	OUTER LOOP RECYCLING & DISPOSA	Louisville	Waste	38,637
101	OHIO VALLEY ALUMINUM CO INC	Shelbyville	Metals	37,760
102	TGP Station 871 Campbellsville, KY	Campbellsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	37,753
103	GREEN VALLEY LANDFILL	Ashland	Waste	35,038
104	U.S. ARMY GARRISON FORT KNOX	Fort Knox	Other	34,369
105	VALLEY VIEW LANDFILL	Sulphur	Waste	34,239
106	Hardin County Landfill	Elizabethtown	Waste	32,721
107	Bavarian Trucking Co., Inc.	Walton	Waste	32,576
108	Darling Ingredients Inc.	Butler	Waste, Other	31,706
109	Heaven Hill Distilleries - Bernheim Distillery	Louisville	Other	30,343
110	OHIO COUNTY BALEFILL LANDFILL	Beaver Dam	Waste	30,311
111	Bakelite Synthetics	Louisville	Other	30,049
112	Texas Gas Transmission - Hardinsburg Station	Hardinsburg	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	29,962
113	JIM BEAM BRANDS COMPANY	Clermont	Other	28,007
114	Texas Gas Transmission - Slaughters Station	Slaughters	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	27,984
115	DART CONTAINER CORPORATION OF KENTUCKY	Horse Cave	Other	27,086
116	Columbia Gulf Transmission - Means CS	Frenchburg	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	26,884
117	Benson Valley LF	Frankfort	Waste	26,622
118	Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.	Louisville	Other	26,399
119	Clariant Corporation, Louisville Site, West Plant	Louisville	Chemicals	25,457
120	Essity Operations Wausau LLC	Harrodsburg	Pulp and Paper	23,476
121	Bluegrass Generating Station	La Grange	Power Plants	23,398
122	BROWN-FORMAN DISTILLERY (FORMERLY EARLY TIMES DISTILLERS CO)	Louisville	Other	23,264
123	Texas Gas Transmission - Calvert City Station	Benton	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	22,686
124	Southern Sanitation Landfill	Russellville	Waste	21,068
125	Texas Gas Transmission - Midland Storage Field	Bremen	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	16,335
126	Paddys Run	Louisville	Power Plants	15,913
127	TRI-K LANDFILL INC	Stanford	Waste	15,190
128	Mubea, Inc.	Florence	Other	12,577
129	EPPERSON WASTE DISPOSAL	Williamstown	Waste	11,126
130	BLUE RIDGE RECYCLING & DISPOSAL FACILITY	Irvine	Waste	8,567
131	Robert Reid	Robards	Power Plants	4,669
132	Texas Gas Transmission - Jeffersontown Station	Louisville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	2,385
133	Tompkinsville	Summershade	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	1,792
134	CENTURY ALUMINUM OF KENTUCKY	Hawesville	Metals	0

Source: EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, 2023 reporting year, sector-level emissions from data.epa.gov (fetched October 31, 2026). Direct emissions in metric tons CO2e as EPA totals them: emitter sectors only, biogenic CO2 reported separately. Covers facilities that report as direct emitters; most emit 25,000 t CO2e or more a year. Reference only.

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