Largest greenhouse-gas emitters in Nebraska

73 facilities in Nebraska reported 25,626,497 metric tons CO2e of direct emissions to the EPA for 2023, 1.1% of the national total for reporting direct emitters. Power Plants accounts for the most (72%). Largest first.

#	Facility	City	Sector	t CO2e
1	Gerald Gentleman Station	Sutherland	Power Plants	7,190,320
2	Nebraska City Station	Nebraska City	Power Plants	5,925,043
3	North Omaha Station	Omaha	Power Plants	1,588,043
4	ARCHER DANIEL MIDLAND COMPANY	Columbus	Other, Waste	1,115,108
5	Gerald Whelan Energy Center	Hastings	Power Plants	1,097,681
6	Sheldon	Hallam	Power Plants	826,199
7	KOCH FERTILIZER BEATRICE, LLC	Beatrice	Chemicals	795,150
8	ASH GROVE CEMENT COMPANY-Louisville	Louisville	Minerals	612,375
9	Lon D Wright Power Plant	Fremont	Power Plants	603,711
10	Cargill Corn Milling North America	Blair	Other, Waste	510,871
11	Platte	Grand Island	Power Plants	444,108
12	Beatrice	Beatrice	Power Plants	279,020
13	NUCOR STEEL NEBRASKA	Norfolk	Metals	190,236
14	Valero Renewable Fuels Campany LLC, dba Valero Albion Plant	Albion	Other	188,635
15	KAAPA Ethanol Ravenna, LLC	Ravenna	Other, Waste	186,225
16	AGP SOY/CORN PROCESSING	Hastings	Other	179,938
17	WESTERN SUGAR COMPANY	Scottsbluff	Minerals	168,918
18	POET- Biorefining Fairmont, LLC	Fairmont	Other	164,763
19	GREEN PLAINS CENTRAL CITY LLC	Central City	Other	149,930
20	Cass County Station	Plattsmouth	Power Plants	134,595
21	CHIEF ETHANOL FUELS INC	Hastings	Other	121,111
22	Sarpy County Station	Bellevue	Power Plants	119,769
23	E ENERGY ADAMS	Adams	Other	118,294
24	Green Plains Wood River, LLC.	Wood River	Other	116,859
25	SIOUXLAND ETHANOL, LLC	Jackson	Other	105,130
26	Aurora Ethanol Complex	Aurora	Other	103,041
27	HUSKER AG L L C	Plainview	Other	99,897
28	DOUGLAS COUNTY RECYCLING LANDFILL	Bennington	Waste	99,571
29	BLUFF ROAD LANDFILL	Lincoln	Waste	99,135
30	ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY	Lincoln	Other	99,125
31	L P GILL LANDFILL	Jackson	Waste	91,739
32	Grand Island Regional Landfill	Shelton	Waste	90,515
33	Green Plains York LLC	York	Other	86,449
34	BUTLER COUNTY LANDFILL INCORPORATED	David City	Waste	86,332
35	NNSWC LANDFILL	Clarkson	Waste	85,908
36	Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. - Crete Facility	Crete	Waste, Other	84,859
37	GreenAmerica Biofuels Ord LLC	Ord	Other	84,243
38	KAAPA ETHANOL LLC	Minden	Other, Waste	73,391
39	Chief Ethanol Fuels, Inc.	Lexington	Other	71,539
40	Energy Center Omaha, LLC	Omaha	Other	69,429
41	Sandhills Renewable Energy, LLC	Atkinson	Other	68,479
42	NORTH 48TH STREET LANDFILL	Lincoln	Waste	65,597
43	J BAR J LANDFILL	Ogallala	Waste	64,328
44	Rokeby	Lincoln	Power Plants	62,935
45	Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, NE	Dakota City	Other	62,756
46	CIE Norfolk GNS, LLC	Norfolk	Other	61,154
47	SWIFT BEEF COMPANY	Grand Island	Other, Waste	59,240
48	NE Nitro Geneva, LLC	Geneva	Chemicals	57,632
49	HASTINGS LANDFILL	Hastings	Waste	54,722
50	BRIDGEPORT ETHANOL LLC	Bridgeport	Other	53,788
51	Nebraska Corn Processing, LLC	Cambridge	Other	51,969
52	NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY-PALMYRA	Palmyra	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	50,847
53	TRENTON AGRI PRODUCTS	Trenton	Other	48,700
54	MID AMERICA AGRI PRODUCTS WHEATLAND LLC	Madrid	Other	48,377
55	Beatrice Compressor Station	Beatrice	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	41,033
56	Tyson Fresh Meats	Lexington	Other, Waste	39,425
57	Terry Bundy Generating Station	Lincoln	Power Plants	37,289
58	Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation	Schuyler	Other, Waste	36,515
59	G AND P DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED LANDFILL	Milford	Waste	36,420
60	TYSON FRESH MEATS INC MADISON NEBRASKA	Madison	Waste	36,291
61	NGPL Station 106 Beatrice, NE	Beatrice	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	33,330
62	UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER	Omaha	Other	31,943
63	DOUGLAS COUNTY LANDFILL	Omaha	Waste	29,934
64	Lexington Area Solid Waste Agency	Lexington	Waste	28,431
65	Darling Ingredients Inc. - Wahoo	Wahoo	Other	26,711
66	Beatrice Area Solid Waste Agency	Beatrice	Waste	26,646
67	KELLOGG USA INC	Omaha	Other	26,356
68	Endicott Clay Products Co.	Endicott	Minerals	26,020
69	SARPY COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL	Springfield	Waste	25,626
70	University of Nebraska Lincoln (City Campus)	Lincoln	Other	25,371
71	WholeStone Farms Cooperative	Fremont	Other	21,972
72	Canaday	Lexington	Power Plants	17,018
73	Bertrand Compressor Station	Loomis	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	12,437

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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