GHGRP 2018: Chemicals
The chemical manufacturing sector consists of facilities that manufacture organic or inorganic chemicals. For this summary, the sector is broken down into facilities that produce fluorinated chemicals and non-fluorinated chemicals. The non-fluorinated chemicals subsector comprises facilities that produce adipic acid, ammonia, hydrogen (both merchant and non-merchant plants), nitric acid, petrochemicals, phosphoric acid, silicon carbide, titanium dioxide and other non-fluorinated chemicals. The fluorinated chemicals subsector comprises facilities that produce HCFC-22 (or destroy HFC-23) and other fluorinated chemicals. A more detailed description of these subsectors is provided below. A total of 457 chemicals facilities reported in 2018.
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- 2018 total reported direct emissions from chemicals (all subsectors), by subsector (as of 8/4/19)
- Trend of annual reported GHG emissions from chemicals (all subsectors), by subsector (as of 8/4/19)
- Number of reporters and emissions for chemicals (all subsectors) (as of 8/4/19)
- Location and emissions for each reporting facility for chemicals (all subsectors) (as of 8/4/19)
Number of Reporters and Emissions for Chemicals (All Subsectors) (as of 8/4/19)
| Chemicals Sector — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reported to the GHGRP (all emissions values presented in million metric tons CO2e) |
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| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of facilities: | 458 | 468 | 473 | 464 | 465 | 456 | 457 | 457 |
| Total emissions (CO2e): | 180.4 | 173.0 | 174.6 | 177.2 | 177.6 | 177.4 | 184.4 | 191.3 |
| Emissions by greenhouse gas (CO2e) | ||||||||
| • Carbon dioxide (CO2): | 142.5 | 143.2 | 147.0 | 149.4 | 151.8 | 153.1 | 157.9 | 163.6 |
| • Methane (CH4): | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| • Nitrous oxide (N2O): | 21.3 | 16.0 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 20.1 |
| • Fluorinated GHGs: | 16.5 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 7.4 |
| Emissions by subsector | ||||||||
| • Non-fluorinated chemicals | 163.1 | 158.6 | 161.2 | 165.4 | 167.3 | 169.9 | 174.5 | 183.2 |
| • Fluorinated chemicals | 17.3 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 8.1 |
Totals may not equal sum of individual GHGs due to independent rounding.
Location and emissions range for each reporting facility for Chemicals (All Subsectors) (as of 8/4/19)
This map shows the locations of direct-emitting facilities. The size of a circle corresponds to the quantity of emissions reported by that facility.