Western Sugar Cooperative — United States
Lime Plant in United States. Approximate location 45.76981, -108.49823.
Lime PlantUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)
Western Sugar Cooperative is a lime plant in United States. Its listed capacity is 108,242 t of lime. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry. By capacity it ranks #60 among 75 lime plants in United States. It emits about 134,144 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.02% of the CO₂e from the 1,910 facilities in United States that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas. Its CO₂ per unit of capacity is 88% above the national median for this sector.
Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-38467347.
Data status
Known source data
Calculated from the dataset
Not available
Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.
Similar facilities by modelled emissions
- Northern Lime Limited · 130,879 t CO₂e/yr · Canada
- Specialty Minerals · 137,600 t CO₂e/yr · United States
- Rhi Normag As · 138,147 t CO₂e/yr · Norway
- Shandong Jinhao Calcium Industry Co., Ltd. · 138,278 t CO₂e/yr · China
- Us Lime Company-St. Clair · 138,912 t CO₂e/yr · United States
Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.
Operating power plants within 50 km
- Western Sugar Cooperative - Billings · Coal · 2 MW · 1 km
- Phillips 66 Billings Refinery · Gas · 2 MW · 1 km
- Yellowstone Energy LP · Petcoke · 68 MW · 7 km
- Yellowstone County Generating Station · Gas · 207 MW · 24 km
PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.
In context: how this facility compares
At 108,242 t of lime, Western Sugar Cooperative is below the median lime plant in United States (208,805 t of lime). Subsector: lime. As lime plant, it requires high process heat (typically 600–900°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry.
Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.
What 134,144 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:
Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.
Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions
At its reported 134k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Western Sugar Cooperative carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €10.1M/yr.
Measured CO₂: 122k t/yr — verified GHGRP (reporting year 2023) (9% below the modelled estimate). Modelled estimate 134k t/yr (Climate TRACE), high-confidence match, cross-checked via the measured-vs-modelled dataset (n=711).
Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: measured (GHGRP RY2023), cross-checked vs Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.
Capacity vs largest lime plants in United States
Listed capacity (t of lime), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).
Parent company
The Western Sugar Cooperative US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.
Local climate
Western Sugar Cooperative sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 45.8°N in the northern hemisphere.
Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.
In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1419 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× the loss at a 20 °C reference. 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).
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
The #60 largest of 75 lime plants in United States by listed capacity (Climate TRACE).
Nearby industrial sites
- PHILLIPS 66 BILLINGS REFINERY · Chemical Plant · 305,325 t CO₂
- Phillips 66 Billings Refinery · Refinery · 703,218 t CO₂
- Uberbrew Llc · Food & Beverage
- Exxonmobil Billings Refinery · Refinery · 655,101 t CO₂
- ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants Company Billings Refinery · Chemical Plant · 134,577 t CO₂
- Blue Creek Marbled Meat Company Llc · Food & Beverage
Location
Coordinates 45.76981, -108.49823. View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of facility is Western Sugar Cooperative?
Western Sugar Cooperative is a lime plant in United States. Lime plants calcine limestone in kilns at 800–900°C; the quicklime they produce reacts with moisture and has to be kept dry.
What capacity is listed for Western Sugar Cooperative?
The open dataset lists 108,242 t of lime of capacity for Western Sugar Cooperative.
How much CO₂ does Western Sugar Cooperative emit?
The page uses about 134,144 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #549 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.
Where is Western Sugar Cooperative located?
Western Sugar Cooperative is in United States at approximately 45.76981, -108.49823.