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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

Validation efforts include comparing methane emissions detected by Tanager-1 with those from coordinated under-flights with methane-sensing aircraft and controlled release testing where ground teams release precisely metered amounts of methane while the satellite images. During a single overpass on Oct.

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PlanetScope and Planet Basemaps Utilized for Carbon Credits Monitoring in Indonesian Tropical Forest

Planet Pulse

Fortunately, organizations around the world are using Planet data to help protect these forests, including mission-based company Permian Global. The objective of their project was to provide businesses with a solution to buy fully verified, high-quality carbon credits and offset emissions through the voluntary carbon market.

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Planet Announces New Details of Hyperspectral Offering

Planet Pulse

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands. Sign up to receive updates on Planet’s hyperspectral commercial offering here.

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Planet Launches First Tanager-1 Hyperspectral Satellite and 36 SuperDoves with SpaceX

Planet Pulse

Future Tanager imagery will be analyzed by expert scientists at Carbon Mapper for methane and CO2 source detection and quantification, meanwhile we at Planet will commercialize the hyperspectral data for a variety of use cases including defense and intelligence monitoring, biodiversity assessments, mineral mapping, and water quality assessments.

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How to stop runaway deforestation? Look at Indonesia.

Grist

In the past four years, as the situation has improved in Southeast Asia, it has gotten worse in Brazil and other parts of South America as ranchers and land speculators convert forests into cattle pastures. To be sure, there’s more to this story than the alignment of big businesses and governments.

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AMPECO CEO discusses the software that makes large-scale EV charging systems work in comprehensive Q&A

Charged

Public charging is expected to be a low-margin business, and this makes it even more important to manage the network in an efficient way once they emerge from “land grab” mode and start focusing on profits. These might be utilities, system integrators, or electrical installers and contractors. Think of it as like Salesforce.

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Interview – Expro’s expansion from oil and gas services to geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

The significant overlap between these two sectors presents multiple energies for synergy, allowing traditionally O&G-oriented companies to contribute to the energy transition. We are also supporting emerging opportunities in Central and South America and East Africa. These initiatives are continually evolving.