About 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya mine in January, data shows
Possibly the world’s biggest leak ofhas been discovered coming from a coalmine in Russia, which has been pouring out the carbon dioxide equivalent of five coal-fired power stations.
More recently, the mine appears to be leaking at a lower rate, of about a third of the highest rate recorded in January, but the leak is thought to have been active for at least six months before January’s survey., is about 50% bigger than any other leak seen by GHGSat since it started its global satellite monitoring in 2016. The company believes it is bigger than any leak yet traced to a single source.
“We are seeing an increase in methane from this site generally, which could be the result of increased coal production, linked to global trends in coal use,” he said.. The country’s gas infrastructure, including production facilities and pipelines, is notoriously leaky despite calls for the government to take action.
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