MEASURING METHANE EMISSIONSWITH SATELLITES AT HIGHRESOLUTION AND LOW DETECTION
THRESHOLD: THE GHGSATCONSTELLATION
October 2022

ROUTINE MONITORING OF METHANEEMISSIONS AT INDUSTRIAL SITES –FROM SPACE
Satellite Data

Aircraft Data
Addition
Analytics

Data Repository

Our patented technology operates on nanosatellites andaircraft, enabling rapid ,low-cost and complementary
deployments
Approved for Public Release©2021 GHGSat Inc.

GHGSat is the only entity in the world (privateor public) with satellites designed to monitor
emissions from individual industrial facilities
anywhere in the world.

OUR TECHNOLOGY

Area of Interest

Specifications

Spatial Resolution~25m

Field of View

12km x 12km

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Polar

Altitude~500kmOrbits per day

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Measurements per Orbit

Up to 4

Min Detection Threshold*~100kg/hr (86.7scfm)©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Satellites (DATA.SAT)*Note: Dependent on wind and acquisition parameters

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Company Owned Constellation (6 satellites)
6 more satellites coming in 2023; 100+ by 2026
Targeted Satellite Imaging
Patented Short-Wave IR Spectrometer
Highest CH4 Spatial Resolution from Satellite3©2021 GHGSat Inc.

A SCALABLE SYSTEM OF SYSTEMSREADY FOR PRIME-TIME TODAY

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GHGSAT’S MODEL: COLLABORATION• GHGSat believes that collaboration is the ultimate forcemultiplier when it comes to addressing the emissions
challenge head on• Academic Partnerships• Institutional Partnerships• European Space Agency (ESA)• Canadian Space Agency (CSA)• NASA©2021 GHGSat Inc.

• Harvard• SRON• Industrial Partnerships• Glint mode development/demonstration

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WORKING WITH REGULATORY BODIESEnabling Canada as 1st IMEO contributor
UNEP climate change initiative to report on global methane emissions
International Methane Emissions Observatory reports on impacts andtrends©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Sustainable Development
Technology Canada
support towards climatechange technologies

OGMP 2.0 – LEVEL 5
Facility Level Measurement for both satellite andaircraft
UNEP managed reporting framework for oil and gas companies
to accurately measure and report emissions
Collaborating with Oil and Gas Industry to attain individual
required approvals by regulators for operations in-country

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GLOBAL SOLUTION TO A PLANETARY CHALLENGE©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Public and GHGSat satellites at work

In 2021, 76% of emissions
detected by GHGSat were notvisible by public satellites

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OUR TECHNOLOGY – CASE
STUDY

GHGSat had no knowledge ofrelease rate or position
Our retrieval:
250 ± 140 kg/hr
Ground truth:
234 kg/hr©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Satellites (DATA.SAT)Wind 1.6 m/s“In developing the technical solutions oftomorrow to monitor methane emissions, Total
uses its TADI facility to validate emerging
technologies on the market, notably those
selected by OGCI Climate Investments.”
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8Independent Validation
Paper submitted for review by Adam Brandt’s lab at Stanford in July
Graphs below from https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/3465/

TECHNOLOGY
Satellites (DATA.SAT)

Resolution: ~25 m©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Threshold: < 1,000 tCH4/yr• 8 methane plumes on the same
satellite pass
• Mix of unlit flares and leaking
pipeline valves• Only 2 of the 8 plumes may havebeen visible with public satellites

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USE CASES©2021 GHGSat Inc.

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GLINT MODE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
Only entity to image the Nord Stream Leaks at high-resolution• Estimated at 79,000kg/hr• Single largest
emission everdetected by GHGSat• 3 captures, each 2hours apart©2021 GHGSat Inc.

• 4th day of event

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GLINT MODE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT
Smallest offshore emission ever seen from space• Captured 17 days before
the Nord Stream leak

• Estimated at 1,500 kg/hr©2021 GHGSat Inc.

• Gulf of Mexico

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OUR TECHNOLOGY

Emission Analytics•
Concentrations•
Flares•Emission Risks•
Hotspots©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Emission Analytics(Instruments, satellites, groundnetwork, aircraft)(detection, quantification,inventories)(GHG visualization, GHG
intensity, carbon footprints, etc.)

AN INTEGRATED PORTAL

The first portal to combine GHGSat highresolution satellite and aircraft campaign data as
well as third-party datasets.

©2021 GHGSat Inc.

Emissions Data Visualization Performance

Data can also be shared through APIs

Data visualization is essential to address
emission reduction and prevention
operations.

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High resolution satellite
data exists TODAY tomeasure methane
emissions directly fromsites

Emissions can be
pinpointed precisely,sites can bemonitored repeatedly
and accurately

With increasedvalidation andcollaboration, thedata can be used forinventory and policy
making©2021 GHGSat Inc.

KEY POINTS

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Satellites are critical for acoordinated effort on all
fronts to fight climate change.
We’re ready – now.

©2021 GHGSat Inc.

EVERYTHING,
ALL AT ONCE,
RIGHT AWAY