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Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)

GHGRP 2018: Miscellaneous Combustion

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fire iconMiscellaneous Combustion comprises facilities that reported GHG emissions from stationary fuel combustion sources only and that are not part of any other sector.

This category includes food processing, ethanol production, manufacturing operations, universities, military installations, and any combustion sources not included elsewhere, such as mining operations and hospitals.

2018 Total Reported Direct Emissions from Miscellaneous Combustion, by Subsector (as of 8/4/19)

Sum of percentages may not equal 100% due to independent rounding.

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Location and emissions for each reporting facility in the Miscellaneous Combustion sector (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.

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Number of reporters and emissions in the Miscellaneous Combustion sector (as of 8/4/19)

Miscellaneous Combustion — Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reported to the GHGRP
(all emissions values presented in million metric tons CO2e)
  2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Number of facilities:
• Food Processing 319 330 336 341 347 342 336 335
• Ethanol Production 163 167 165 173 176 173 173 174
• Other Manufacturing 287 292 294 299 292 286 279 284
• Universities 112 115 114 117 117 115 115 115
• Military 43 44 43 43 38 34 33 35
• Other Combustion 161 171 175 183 185 174 164 161
Total emissions (CO2e):
• Food Processing 31.2 31.1 31.4 32.1 30.9 30.0 29.5 30.0
• Ethanol Production 18.2 17.4 17.1 18.4 18.6 19.3 19.5 19.7
• Other Manufacturing 16.9 16.0 16.5 16.9 15.5 15.2 14.6 15.2
• Universities 9.5 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.0 8.8 8.6 9.0
• Military 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9
• Other Combustion 11.0 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.5 10.7 10.2 10.2
Emissions by greenhouse gas (CO2e) Food Processing
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 31.1 31.0 31.2 31.9 30.8 29.8 29.3 29.9
• Methane (CH4): 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Ethanol Production
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 18.2 17.2 17.1 18.3 18.6 19.3 19.5 19.6
• Methane (CH4): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): ** 0.2 ** ** ** ** ** **
Other Manufacturing
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 16.8 15.9 16.4 16.8 15.5 15.1 14.6 15.2
• Methane (CH4): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ** ** ** **
Universities
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 9.4 9.0 9.2 9.4 9.0 8.7 8.6 9.0
• Methane (CH4): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Military
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.9
• Methane (CH4): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Other Combustion
• Carbon dioxide (CO2): 10.9 11.2 11.2 11.3 11.4 10.7 10.2 10.2
• Methane (CH4): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
• Nitrous oxide (N2O): ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

Totals may not equal sum of individual GHGs due to independent rounding.

** Total reported emissions are less than 0.05 million metric tons CO2e.

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