Largest greenhouse-gas emitters in North Carolina

124 facilities in North Carolina reported 44,271,080 metric tons CO2e of direct emissions to the EPA for 2023, 1.9% of the national total for reporting direct emitters. Power Plants accounts for the most (82%). Largest first.

#	Facility	City	Sector	t CO2e
1	Belews Creek	Belews Creek	Power Plants	5,584,208
2	Marshall	Terrell	Power Plants	5,154,520
3	Roxboro Steam Electric Plant	Semora	Power Plants, Waste	4,122,412
4	Cliffside	Cliffside	Power Plants	3,711,094
5	Richmond County Combustion Turbine Plant	Hamlet	Power Plants	3,485,840
6	H F Lee Steam Electric Plant	Goldsboro	Power Plants	2,637,535
7	Plant Rowan County	Salisbury	Power Plants	1,676,213
8	Buck	Salisbury	Power Plants	1,570,968
9	L V Sutton Steam Electric Plant	Wilmington	Power Plants	1,495,649
10	Dan River	Eden	Power Plants	1,470,089
11	Asheville Steam Electric Plant	Arden	Power Plants	1,455,027
12	Mayo Electric Generating Plant	Roxboro	Power Plants	1,369,520
13	Kings Mountain Energy Center	Kings Mountain	Power Plants	1,237,626
14	Rockingham County Combustion Turbine	Reidsville	Power Plants	456,149
15	Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC	Canton	Pulp and Paper, Waste	400,763
16	Cleveland County Generating Facility	Grover	Power Plants	356,229
17	PCS PHOSPHATE COMPANY INCORPORATED	Aurora	Chemicals	321,374
18	International Paper-Riegelwood	Riegelwood	Pulp and Paper, Waste	301,786
19	Wolfspeed RTP	Durham	Other	257,690
20	WestRock Kraft Paper, LLC	Roanoke Rapids	Pulp and Paper, Waste	255,718
21	CITY OF GREENSBORO WHITE STREET LANDFILL	Greensboro	Waste	220,460
22	NUCOR STEEL HERTFORD COUNTY	Cofield	Metals	216,464
23	PILKINGTON NORTH AMERICA, INC.	Laurinburg	Minerals	201,177
24	Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill V	Concord	Waste	196,456
25	Domtar Paper Company LLC - Plymouth	Plymouth	Pulp and Paper, Waste	195,445
26	The University of NC Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill	Other	169,133
27	SAMPSON COUNTY DISPOSAL, LLC	Roseboro	Waste	165,070
28	CLEVELAND COUNTY LANDFILL	Shelby	Waste	143,437
29	G G Allen	Belmont	Power Plants	141,043
30	Coastal Regional Solid Waste Management Authority	New Bern	Waste	138,925
31	Alamance County Landfill	Graham	Waste	134,682
32	IREDELL CO-TWINS OAKS RD;3260	Statesville	Waste	133,233
33	ROBESON COUNTY LANDFILL	St. Pauls	Waste	127,840
34	ELEMENTIS CHROMIUM	Castle Hayne	Chemicals	120,283
35	white oak landfill	waynesville	Waste	116,671
36	International Paper - New Bern Mill	Vanceboro	Pulp and Paper, Waste	114,519
37	NCSU CENTRAL HEAT PLANT	Raleigh	Other	112,758
38	Kersey Valley MSW Landfill	High Point	Waste	106,753
39	CARDINAL FG FLAT GLASS PLANT	Mooresville	Minerals	106,520
40	JOHNSTON COUNTY MSW LANDFILL	Smithfield	Waste	98,907
41	BLACKBURN SANITARY LANDFILL	Newton	Waste	96,948
42	EAST CAROLINA REGIONAL LANDFILL	Aulander	Waste	92,680
43	DUKE UNIVERSITY	Durham	Other	91,986
44	ONSLOW COUNTY LANDFILL	Jacksonville	Waste	91,547
45	Gold Bond - MTH Plant	Mount Holly	Minerals	85,512
46	CAROLINA STALITE COMPANY	Gold Hill	Minerals	84,771
47	US MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE	Camp Lejeune	Waste	84,380
48	Cape Fear Steam Electric Plant	Moncure	Power Plants	82,993
49	ADM Southport	Southport	Chemicals	82,308
50	SOUTH WAKE LANDFILL	Apex	Waste	81,951
51	Clearwater Paper Shelby, LLC	Shelby	Pulp and Paper	78,238
52	Ardagh Glass Inc. (Henderson)	Henderson	Minerals	77,625
53	CUMBERLAND COUNTY ANN STREET LANDFILL	Fayetteville	Waste	75,196
54	HEADQUARTERS XVIII ABN CORPS AND FORT LIBERTY	Fort Liberty	Other	74,796
55	Davidson County Integrated Solid Waste Management Dept.	Thomasville	Waste	73,681
56	ELECTRIC GLASS FIBER AMERICA, LLC	Shelby	Minerals	72,507
57	BUNCOMBE COUNTY NEW LANDFILL	Alexander	Waste	70,464
58	UWHARRIE ENVIRONMENTAL	Mount Gilead	Waste	69,761
59	Darling In, Ingredients - Fayetteville	Fayetteville	Other	68,801
60	Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel	Tar Heel	Other, Waste	67,984
61	OWENS-BROCKWAY GLASS CONTAINER INC. - PLANT 06	Lexington	Minerals	67,571
62	Cargill, Inc.	Fayetteville	Other	66,583
63	Great Oak Landfill	Randleman	Waste	65,194
64	Wilkes County Landfill	Roaring River	Waste	64,793
65	Anson County Waste Management Facility	Polkton	Waste	63,836
66	Wolfspeed, Inc	Durham	Other	61,966
67	CITY OF ALBEMARLE LANDFILL	Albemarle	Waste	61,211
68	ATI Specialty Materials, Monroe Plant	Monroe	Metals	60,858
69	UPPER PIEDMONT REGIONAL LANDFILL	Rougemont	Waste	59,539
70	GASTON COUNTY LANDFILL	Dallas	Waste	57,758
71	NCEMC Anson Plant	Lilesville	Power Plants	52,914
72	TRANSCO STATION 160	Reidsville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	52,776
73	Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc - Charlotte Mill	Charlotte	Metals	50,136
74	LINCOLN COUNTY LANDFILL	Crouse	Waste	48,874
75	NEW HANOVER COUNTY SECURE LANDFILL	Wilmington	Waste	47,522
76	CHEMOURS COMPANY - FAYETTEVILLE WORKS	Fayetteville	Chemicals	46,277
77	Foothills Environmental	Lenoir	Waste	46,223
78	CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY	Maxton	Other	46,012
79	ROCKINGHAM COUNTY LANDFILL	Madison	Waste	45,313
80	EGGER Wood Products, LLC	Linwood	Other	45,140
81	Ardagh Glass Inc. (Wilson)	Wilson	Minerals	44,661
82	NCEMC Hamlet Plant	Hamlet	Power Plants	43,516
83	Orange County Regional Landfill	Chapel Hill	Waste	43,198
84	TRANSCO STATION 150	Mooresville	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	42,287
85	BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE INCORPORATED	Wilson	Other	40,373
86	Gold Bond - WLM Plant	Wilmington	Minerals	40,329
87	TYSON FARMS INCORPORATED HARMONY	Harmony	Other	40,293
88	Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Rose Hill	Rose Hill	Other	40,201
89	U S MARINE CORPS CHERRY POINT AIR STATION	Cherry Point	Other	39,135
90	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Inc	Fayetteville	Other	37,781
91	EVONIK SUPERABSORBER LLC	Greensboro	Chemicals	36,504
92	ALPEK POLYESTER USA, LLC	Fayetteville	Other	35,596
93	COVATION BIOMATERIALS KINSTON SITE	Grifton	Other	34,955
94	STARPET INCORPORATED	Asheboro	Other	34,534
95	ROWAN COUNTY LANDFILL	Woodleaf	Waste	33,230
96	Electric Glass Fiber America, LLC	Lexington	Minerals	32,839
97	CHARLOTTE PIPE & FOUNDRY CO	Charlotte	Metals	32,673
98	HANES MILL ROAD LANDFILL	Winston-salem	Waste	32,617
99	Potters Industries LLC. - Apex, NC	Apex	Minerals	32,591
100	Darling Ingredients, Inc. - Wadesboro	Wadesboro	Other	31,400
101	CertainTeed Gypsum NC, Inc.	Semora	Minerals	31,010
102	Pitt County Landfill	Greenville	Waste	30,230
103	R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. WHITAKER PARK	Winston Salem	Other	28,594
104	Patheon Manufacturing Services LLC	Greenville	Chemicals	28,392
105	Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition NA, Inc.	Raleigh	Chemicals	27,664
106	Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. Clinton	Clinton	Other	27,143
107	Stepan	Wilmington	Other	27,067
108	3M Pittsboro	Moncure	Minerals	27,051
109	FRITO-LAY, INCORPORATED	Charlotte	Other	26,631
110	Ingredion Incorporated	Winton Salem	Other	26,387
111	SURRY COUNTY LANDFILL	Mount Airy	Waste	26,066
112	QORVO	Greensboro	Other	24,793
113	TYSON FARMS, INC.	Wilkesboro	Other	21,783
114	Lenoir County Landfill	LaGrange	Waste	21,403
115	Oxford MSW Landfill	Oxford	Waste	20,196
116	NGK Ceramics USA, Inc.	Mooresville	Other	20,167
117	Cascades Tissue Group North Carolina	Rockingham	Pulp and Paper	19,707
118	Lincoln	Stanley	Power Plants	19,532
119	Carolina Stalite Company	Norwood	Minerals	19,189
120	Granges Americas Inc.- SRM	Salisbury	Metals	16,960
121	Wayne County Landfill	Dudley	Waste	12,110
122	PERDUE FARMS INC	Lewiston	Other, Waste	9,986
123	GSK, INC.	Zebulon	Chemicals	8,130
124	Craven County Wood Energy	New Bern	Power Plants	7,363

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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