EAO group and UN’s IMEO host blinded methane release experiment in France

The blinded methane controlled release experiment was designed to rigorously test and evaluate the detection and quantification capabilities of a variety of academic and commercial technologies. In partnership with the UN’s International Methane Emission Observatory, this experiment brought together 13 different teams from all across Europe and North America in order to assess the ability of their platforms to accurately detect and estimate the emission rates of methane releases. The experiment took place at TotalEnergies’ TADI research facility in Lacq, France, and ran for a cumulative 4 weeks in June and September. Published results are expected in Winter/Spring 2025.

For more information on EAO group’s methane controlled release experiments and previous studies, check out tinyurl.com/Stanford-methane.

Participating teams:

• GHGSat
• Sensirion Connected Solutions
• Technical University of Denmark
•  Aeromon
• GSMA Laboratory at the University of Reims
• Heidelberg University
• SeekOps
• Sensia
• SLB
• Cyprus Institute/LSCE, Royal Holloway University of London, and Utrecht University
• Flylogix
• EMPA research institute at ETH Zurich