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Waste / landfill · 15 Jun 2025

Methane plume detected in Spain

On 15 Jun 2025, the Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA satellite saw methane escaping at about 13,000 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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13,000 kg/h
± 7,000 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 312 tonnes of methane.

Detected
15 Jun 2025 · 13:02 UTC
Satellite
Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI - ESA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the SE · 0.9 m/s
Coordinates
40.32579, -3.58627
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UNEP plume ID
d6d1b24d-54e1-4462-963f-c4225af3c971

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Emitting site

ESP_S_004 · Landfill
2 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume d6d1b24d-54e1-4462-963f-c4225af3c971, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/d6d1b24d-54e1-4462-963f-c4225af3c971), accessed 5 Oct 2026.