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Measurement produces evidence.
Quantum Envelope produces the verdict.

We don't measure methane. We settle what the measurements mean. Satellite, aircraft, ground and inventory readings rarely agree, and Quantum Envelope reconciles them into one verified, traceable, facility-level figure that operators, regulators, certifiers and markets can act on.

Image: NASA / Artemis II crew · April 6, 2026 · Public domain

MethaneSAT, the only dedicated wide-area methane satellite, declared unrecoverable June 2025
EU Methane Regulation in force since August 2024. MRV obligations rolling out through 2030
Energy-sector methane held near record highs in 2025 at 124 Mt · IEA Global Methane Tracker 2026
US IRA methane charge $1,500/tonne suspended in 2025, start delayed to 2034
Only 7% of global oil and gas production meets voluntary methane reporting standards · Wood Mackenzie 2026
The EU is building a satellite-based methane monitoring tool and rapid reaction mechanism for super-emitter events
Global climate tech VC investment reached $40.5bn in 2025, first rise since 2021
MethaneSAT, the only dedicated wide-area methane satellite, declared unrecoverable June 2025
EU Methane Regulation in force since August 2024. MRV obligations rolling out through 2030
Energy-sector methane held near record highs in 2025 at 124 Mt · IEA Global Methane Tracker 2026
US IRA methane charge $1,500/tonne suspended in 2025, start delayed to 2034
Only 7% of global oil and gas production meets voluntary methane reporting standards · Wood Mackenzie 2026
The EU is building a satellite-based methane monitoring tool and rapid reaction mechanism for super-emitter events
Global climate tech VC investment reached $40.5bn in 2025, first rise since 2021
Measurement
Satellite analytics · Aerial surveys · Ground sensors · Operator inventories
They generate the evidence
Quantum Envelope
Verification & Reconciliation
One defensible facility-level number
Decisions
Regulators · Certifiers · Traders · Lenders · Insurers
They act on it

Measurement providers generate evidence. Quantum Envelope determines the emissions number that can be trusted.

We don't compete with measurement providers. We integrate their outputs, and every new sensor strengthens the layer.

Methane is the fastest lever we have. We're pulling it blind.

Methane is responsible for roughly 30% of current global warming. Unlike CO₂, it dissipates within a decade, which means reducing methane emissions today produces measurable climate benefits within years, not generations.

Methane is now measured from satellites, aircraft, ground sensors and operator inventories, and the readings rarely agree. Measurement alone is not enough. Without a verified, standardised, audit-ready data layer, operators cannot act, regulators cannot enforce and markets cannot price the risk.

The gap is not in the sensors. It is in the infrastructure that turns their outputs into accountable intelligence. We are starting with methane, but the same layer applies to every emission that regulation will eventually demand we measure properly.

80×
Warming potential
Methane is 80× more potent than CO₂ over a 20-year period.1
~9yr
Atmospheric lifespan
Methane dissipates in around nine years. Reductions today produce visible climate benefits within a decade.2
Human-caused emissions
Two thirds of global methane emissions come from human activity across oil and gas, agriculture and waste management.3
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Dedicated satellites operational
MethaneSAT lost contact in June 2025 and was declared unrecoverable in July. No dedicated wide-area methane monitoring satellite is currently in operation.4

The measurements already exist. They do not agree. Nobody turns them into an accountable number.

Methane is already measured from space, air and ground, and by operators themselves. Four gaps decide whether any of those measurements can be used in regulatory and commercial contexts. None of them are hardware problems.

01
No verification standard
Regulators, asset operators, and carbon markets require audit-ready data, but no universally accepted framework exists for validating atmospheric emissions measurements. As sensing technology advances, this gap becomes harder to ignore.
02
No interoperability layer
Different measurement platforms produce incompatible outputs. Without standardised data architecture, measurements cannot be compared, aggregated or used in reporting.
03
No deployment framework
Moving from one-off readings to continuous, reporting-grade outputs at scale requires operational infrastructure that does not yet exist.
04
Regulatory demand without technical supply
EU MRV mandates emissions verification. The US set a methane charge of up to $1,500/tonne before pausing it in 2025. The regulatory framework exists. The measurement infrastructure to support it does not.

Built to make today's emissions measurements accountable.

Quantum Envelope is building a platform that sits above the hardware. Asset owners, insurers, regulators and carbon markets access verified, standardised atmospheric emissions data through a single infrastructure layer. We are starting with methane, the fastest-acting lever in the climate system, and building toward a platform that extends to other emissions as the same reconciliation problem appears across sectors.

Layer 01
Verification Protocol
A rigorous framework for reconciling measurements from every source against atmospheric models, uncertainty bounds and cross-platform data. Every measurement that leaves our layer is traceable, challengeable and defensible in a regulatory context.
Data integrity
Layer 02
Data Architecture
Standardised schemas and data pipelines that work across heterogeneous sensing platforms, enabling measurements to be compared, aggregated and used in regulatory reporting regardless of which hardware produced them.
Interoperability
Layer 03
Deployment Integration
End-to-end integration connecting sensing hardware to the operators, regulators and markets that need its outputs. Verified emissions intelligence delivered as a service, accessible to asset owners, insurers and compliance teams without requiring them to manage the underlying sensing infrastructure.
Operational scale

From measurement to audit-ready report.

The platform we are building delivers a simple flow.

01
An operator uploads methane measurement data from any sensing platform.
02
Quantum Envelope reconciles it against independent atmospheric measurement and the QE Standard, and returns a verified facility-level emissions report.
03
That report is audit-ready for regulators, insurers and carbon markets.

The signals are clear. The infrastructure is not.

The global methane detection and monitoring market is projected to reach $8.9bn by 2034, growing at 9.9% annually, driven by regulatory mandates and the shift from periodic surveys to continuous, verified emissions monitoring.5 Value is migrating from hardware to integrated data and verification services. That layer does not yet exist.

IEA Global Methane Tracker · 2026
Around 70% of fossil-fuel methane could be abated with existing technology, and more than 35 Mt at no net cost, yet emissions stayed near record highs in 2025. The barrier is not technology. It is knowing, verifiably, where the emissions are.6
European Commission · April 2026
The EU is buying time, not retreating. Brussels is introducing enforcement flexibility on methane import rules ahead of the 2027 deadline, citing energy security concerns. The regulation stands. What doesn't exist yet is the verification infrastructure needed to make it work. That is the gap Quantum Envelope is built to fill.7
Wood Mackenzie · 2026
Only 7% of global oil and gas production currently meets voluntary methane reporting standards. The European Commission has confirmed it is building a satellite-based methane monitoring tool and a rapid reaction mechanism for super-emitter events. The verification layer needs to exist before penalties can credibly stick.8
Environmental Defense Fund · July 2025
MethaneSAT declared unrecoverable after losing contact in June 2025. No dedicated wide-area methane monitoring satellite is currently in operation. The field has lost its primary monitoring tool.4
US Inflation Reduction Act · 2022 to 2025
The IRA established a methane charge rising to $1,500 per tonne for oil and gas operators exceeding thresholds. Congress then repealed the implementing rule in 2025 and pushed the start to 2034. The signal stands even as US enforcement recedes. Facility-level emissions measurement has a financial value.9
Sightline Climate · 2025
Global climate tech VC investment reached $40.5bn in 2025, an 8% year-on-year increase and the first rise since 2021 to 2022. Infrastructure and data plays are explicitly prioritised over speculative ventures.10
IEA Policy Trends · 2026
Methane pledges now cover around 80% of global fossil-fuel production, yet only about 12% of satellite-flagged super-emitter alerts got a response in 2025. Designing these programmes turns on accreditation criteria for third-party data and procedures to reconcile it. That is verification infrastructure.11
IEA Global Methane Tracker · 2026
Reported emissions still sit far below what satellites and measurement campaigns actually detect. National inventories systematically undercount real emissions. The gap between what is reported and what is released is not a rounding error. It is the problem Quantum Envelope exists to close.12

Methane is the first market. The same verification infrastructure extends across regulated environmental markets.

Methane compliance
Biomethane certification
Blue hydrogen verification
Carbon border adjustments
Carbon storage monitoring
Sovereign emissions reconciliation
Climate-linked financial products
Same engine. Different markets.

The infrastructure layer is being built now.

Quantum Envelope is in active development, based in London. We are starting with atmospheric methane measurement and building a platform that extends to other emissions as the same problem appears across sectors. We are talking to investors, industry partners and people with expertise in earth observation, atmospheric data science, inversion modelling and MRV who want to be part of what comes next.

Initial focus: operators and regulators facing methane compliance requirements under EU and UK frameworks. Quantum sensing and monitoring technologies integrated through partnerships.

Investor / Funder
Climate tech VC · Deep tech · Infrastructure and data funds
Industry Partner
Energy operators · Asset owners · Insurers · Infrastructure
Regulator / Policy / Markets
Government bodies · Multilaterals · Standards agencies · Carbon markets
Technical Collaborator
Data engineering · Atmospheric science · MRV systems · Inversion modelling
Other
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Sources
  1. 1IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), 2021. GWP-20 for methane cited as 82.5 by the European Commission and broadly as ~80× across IPCC-aligned sources. European Commission — Methane Emissions
  2. 2Methane atmospheric lifetime of approximately 9 to 12 years. IPCC AR6 Working Group I, 2021. IPCC AR6 WGI Report
  3. 3Global Methane Pledge / IEA: approximately two thirds of methane emissions attributed to human activity including oil and gas, agriculture and waste. Global Methane Pledge — The Imperative for Methane Action
  4. 4Environmental Defense Fund, July 2025. MethaneSAT lost contact June 20, 2025, declared unrecoverable following unsuccessful recovery attempts. EDF — MethaneSAT
  5. 5IntelEvoResearch, 2026. Global methane detection and monitoring market projected to reach $8.9bn by 2034 at a CAGR of 9.9%. Note: current market valuation figures vary by analyst; the $8.9bn projection is consistent across multiple reports. IntelEvoResearch — Methane Detection and Monitoring Market
  6. 6IEA Global Methane Tracker 2026. Energy-sector methane emissions estimated at 124 Mt in 2025; around 70% abatable with existing technology and over 35 Mt at no net cost. IEA — Global Methane Tracker 2026: Key Findings
  7. 7Bloomberg / European Commission, April 9, 2026. EU to introduce flexibility on methane import rule penalties ahead of 2027 importer requirements. Bloomberg — EU Eyes Flexibility on Methane Rules
  8. 8Wood Mackenzie, cited in IOGP Europe analysis, 2026: only approximately 7% of global oil and gas production meets voluntary methane reporting standards. IOGP Europe — The Impact of the EU Methane Regulation
  9. 9US Inflation Reduction Act, 2022. Methane Emissions Reduction Program set a charge of $900/tonne in 2024 rising to $1,500/tonne. Congress disapproved the implementing rule under the Congressional Review Act in 2025 and delayed the start to 2034. US EPA — IRA Methane Emissions Charge
  10. 10Sightline Climate, 2025 Annual Report. Global climate tech venture and growth capital investment reached $40.5bn in 2025, an 8% year-on-year increase.
  11. 11IEA Global Methane Tracker 2026, Policy Trends. Methane pledges cover ~80% of global fossil-fuel production; approximately 12% of MARS super-emitter notifications received a response in 2025. IEA — Global Methane Tracker 2026: Policy Trends
  12. 12IEA Global Methane Tracker, 2026. Sector-wide estimates are based on the most recent satellite and measurement-campaign data and continue to run well above volumes reported to the UNFCCC. IEA — Global Methane Tracker 2026: Key Findings
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