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Coal · 15 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in Poland

On 15 Jun 2025, the Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA satellite saw methane escaping at about 12,000 kg/h from a coal mine.

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12,000 kg/h
± 4,000 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 288 tonnes of methane.

Detected
15 Jun 2025 · 11:24 UTC
Satellite
Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA
Sector
Coal
Wind
Plume drifting towards the N · 0.8 m/s
Coordinates
50.0, 18.76
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UNEP plume ID
7ffa0061-9f9b-41df-906f-ff62dd7cb793

Likely operator

Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa Plausible

JSW runs the coking-coal mines around Jastrzębie-Zdrój.

Status

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 7ffa0061-9f9b-41df-906f-ff62dd7cb793, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/7ffa0061-9f9b-41df-906f-ff62dd7cb793), accessed 6 Oct 2026.