Earth Overshoot Day, Sasol industrial complex of Secunda, world’s biggest single-site greenhouse gases emitter, RSA

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 25 March 2015 at 16:38:14 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 22 April 2018 at 07:46:09 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 July 2021 at 16:38:56 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 25 July 2021 at 07:46:19 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Climate change, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, atmosphere, oil and gas, coal mine, urban planning, South Africa, RSA
Fig. 1 - S1 (25.03.2015, 06 & 18.04.2015) - The industrial complex of Secunda lies 110 km south-east of Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Sasol Coal liquefaction plants currently supply about 28% of South Africa’s fuel needs from coal.
Fig. 2 - S2 (22.04.2018) - Lying between underground coal mines & gold mines, Secunda city & eMbalenhle township were built specifically to host their workers.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (21.06.2021, 03 & 15.07.2021) - World’s biggest single-site greenhouse gases emitter, Secunda “produces the most polluting liquid fuels in the world.”
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Fig. 4 - S2 (25.07.2021) - At 56.5 million tons of greenhouse gases a year, Secunda’s emissions exceed that of over 100 countries, including Norway & Portugal.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025, processed by VisioTerra.
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