Technological projects portfolio

The CARE CH4 project aims to create a mobile lidar system able to map methane emissions (CH4) in the atmosphere in real time (cities, industrial zones, gas pipelines, refineries, hydrocarbon extraction sites), quantify them accurately and enable optimum crisis management in the event of accidental discharges (ensuring staff and population safety).

The CARE CH4 differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system is the only portable instrument able to carry out reliable quantitative measurements, without interference, with high spatial and temporal resolution and great accuracy, even from a few kilometres away.

The oil and gas industry will be interested in the technological promise of being able to detect leaks and assess installation security.

Air quality monitoring organisations and local authorities will be able to inform populations about how emissions are evolving.

Finally, research organisations involved in climate studies will be able to include data from atmospheric methane mapping in their analyses.