1421 over a 20-year period (GWP20) it is significantly higher at around 86 due to the shorter lifetime of methane in the atmosphere. The European Union's policy is also extremely important in this regard. In 2021, the European Parliament Resolution on the EU strategy for reducing methane emissions was announced. One of the elements of this strategy is the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector, known as the ‘Methane Regulation’, which entered into force on 5 August 2025. The provisions of this Regulation also take into account methane emissions from the mining sector and apply to both underground and opencast mining. It defines in detail the rules for monitoring, reporting and verifying methane emissions (MRV) and sets emission limits for individual sources. Methane accounts for approximately 72% of the carbon footprint of the Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa Group. In 2022, JSW presented its business strategy for the entire Capital Group until 2030. Environmental protection was and remains an important element of this strategy. Due to the significant share of methane in the Group's carbon footprint, reducing methane emissions was an obvious assumption. Therefore, the Methane Drainage and Management Office developed and launched an extremely ambitious Methane Emission Reduction Programme. Figure 91 - Methane at JSW in 2020-2024 [kilotons] This programme is based on two pillars: • Increasing the efficiency of methane drainage up to 50% – capturing 50% of the methane released during mining by the methane drainage system. • 95% utilization of methane captured by the methane drainage system – maximum utilization of methane for energy production, as dictated by technological constraints. The Methane Emission Reduction Programme was developed with the participation of the Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute and the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow and is currently being implemented at all JSW S.A. plants. The basic projects carried out under the programme include: modernization of methane drainage stations, construction and modernization of underground methane drainage systems, sealing of post-mining isolation dams, drilling of drainage holes for post-mining goafs in closed mine areas, and expansion of infrastructure related to the use of captured methane. A specific change in thinking among JSW's management and employees was important, consisting in changing the awareness that methane is not only a direct threat to their lives and health, that it contributes 0.00 75.00 150.00 225.00 300.00 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 260.15 285.69 260.54 281.56 274.14 102.13 122.37 88.16 96.27 104.09 61.68 70.72 65.18 69.04 65.46 Total methane emissions Methane drainage Economic use
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