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Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne

Food & Beverage in United States. Approximate location 42.42551, -96.41631.

Food & BeverageUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne is a food & beverage plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 755,245,829 USD. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency. By capacity it ranks #89 among 391 food & beverage plants in United States. It emits about 61,401 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE, roughly comparable to the annual emissions of 14k passenger cars.

61,401t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#849CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38481859.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityTyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates42.42551, -96.41631 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorfood-beverage-tobacco Climate TRACE
Reported capacity755,245,829 USD Climate TRACE
TRI facility recordTYSON FRESH MEATS INC US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyTYSON FOODS INC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS311611 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsAmmonia, Chlorine, Chromium, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)… US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases53,555 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e61,401 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#849 of 1910 · top 44.5% calculated
Global food-beverage-tobacco rank#188 of 560 · top 33.6% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

At 755,245,829 USD, Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne is well above the median food & beverage plant in United States (452,469,926 USD). Subsector: food-beverage-tobacco. As food & beverage plant, it requires high process heat (typically 80–200°C) for its core industrial operations — heat that must be supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion, and losses through uninsulated vessels and piping represent wasted fuel. Removable modular insulation can cut those losses by 80–96%, surface-cooling equipment to ≤45°C, with payback often under 2 years. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 61,401 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

14kcars driven for a year
8.0khomes' annual energy use
1.0 milliontree seedlings grown 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost, Scope 1 & decarbonization potential

At its reported 61k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne carries no domestic carbon price; food & beverage plants are not a CBAM-covered good, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €4.6M/yr. The fastest decarbonization lever is energy efficiency: eliminating heat loss on hot equipment (removable insulation, steam & waste-heat recovery) typically cuts 2–5% of fuel-related CO₂ — here ≈1k t–3k t/yr, worth €93k€231k, with payback up to 2 years. No domestic carbon price — but cement, steel, aluminium, fertilizer and hydrogen exported to the EU face CBAM at €75/t (rising to 100% by 2034).

61k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€4.6M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)
1k t–3k t/yr ≈ €93k€231kDecarbonization potential

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €79/t, July 2, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Efficiency range: US DOE / ASTM C680 (method). Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice. Estimate the saving for this site →

Parent company

Tyson Foods Inc US EPA TRI
Parent company per US EPA TRI; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne sits in a hot-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfa), at 42.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

~9°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Hot-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

The local climate sets how fast unprotected steel, protective coatings and the insulation on hot process equipment degrade at this site. It sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C2ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
34/100environmental-severity index
31.4°Cseasonal temperature swing
730 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1408 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× the loss at a 20 °C reference; removable insulation recovers about 1338 W/m² of that. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Higher environmental severity is exactly where protective removable insulation pays back most: a sheltered micro-climate slows corrosion, UV and thermal-cycling damage and extends outdoor hardware service life. This is an indicative site-climate context — not a condition assessment of any specific plant or operator.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

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Location

Coordinates 42.42551, -96.41631. View on OpenStreetMap.

Heat loss & insulation profile

For a food & beverage plant, the main modular-insulation targets are cookers & kettles, pasteurisers, CIP hot-water sets, dryers, steam lines, tanks, valves. Typical hot-surface ranges used for screening: 70–200 °C.

very wide by site size; many bare low-temp surfaces (CIP, steam, pasteurisation) - often toward upper end.

Indicative recoverable energy

A first-pass insulation screen suggests about 2,700 MWh/year of recoverable heat-loss reduction and about 550 t CO₂e/year of avoided emissions. Screening estimate scaled from installed process-heat projects and surface-temperature reduction data.

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Screening calculation from facility class, capacity and open emissions/energy context. Engineering survey required before procurement.

Safety & the no-regret first step

Start with a thermal survey of valves, flanges, doors and bends. Removable modular insulation keeps maintenance access open while lowering exposed-surface temperature and wasted heat.

United States: funding & obligation

Funding. Investment tax credit up to 30% of qualified investment incl. industrial decarbonization; open to small/medium/large manufacturers. official source · verified 2026
Status: ~$6B of $10B allocated Jan-2025; remaining capacity + IRA status under political review — verify before 'apply now'.

Obligation. None at federal level (voluntary). Some states have their own programs. (applies as a rule above the stated threshold — we do not hold this site's metered energy use). · verified 2026

Programme terms verified 2026-06-18; confirm the current open phase before applying. Eligibility depends on a site's energy use / headcount, which we do not hold — not a per-facility eligibility determination.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne?

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne is a food & beverage plant in United States. Food & beverage plants use boilers, cookers, pasteurisers and dryers that run continuously; heat loss from uninsulated piping and vessels directly reduces throughput and efficiency.

How much CO₂ does Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne emit?

The page uses about 61,401 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #849 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne located?

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.- Dakota City, Ne is in United States at approximately 42.42551, -96.41631.

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