What is the Guarantee of Origin?

The Guarantee of Origin (GO) is an internationally aligned assurance scheme being developed to track and verify emissions associated with hydrogen and renewable electricity made in Australia.

Over time, it could expand to include a range of products such as metals, low emissions ​fuels and other products made in Australia.

GO will show where a product has come from, how it was made, and the emissions throughout its lifecycle.

This will help decarbonise the Australian economy by encouraging sellers to reduce carbon intensity. Increasing transparency for consumers will give participating sellers a competitive advantage in the Australian and international market.

We're developing the GO scheme in partnership with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Find out more on the department's website.

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Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin

The Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) will allow participants to create renewable energy certificates for all types of renewable energy generation.
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Designing the Guarantee of Origin

We ran workshops and held meetings in partnership with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to develop the GO Scheme.
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How it works

GO is a voluntary scheme for producers in certain industries to verify the carbon intensity of their products.

Product GO scheme

When an eligible product like hydrogen is produced, a digital certificate will be issued that travels through the supply chain until it is sold and the certificate consumed. This will show:

  • where it was made
  • what it was made from
  • how it was transported.

At each stage, details of greenhouse gas emissions and other information are added to the certificate.

We will validate these details to ensure the integrity of each certificate.

Renewable Electricity GO (REGO) scheme

The Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificate mechanism builds on the large-scale generation certificate (LGC) framework, which ends in 2030.

The REGO certificate mechanism will provide certainty for renewable electricity investment and procurement, and support Australia’s energy transformation.

Who can participate

The product GO Scheme will initially be open to the hydrogen industry and its derivatives. The REGO Scheme will be open to those in the renewable electricity sector.

The scheme is expected to expand to include new industries over time, including low carbon liquid fuels and green metals.

Developing GO

The scheme development process with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has included hydrogen and ammonia producers and stakeholders.

The department and CER continue to consult with a broad range of stakeholders.

Learn more about the GO consultation process. 

Our role

We will administer the GO Scheme. This will include:

  • participant enrolment
  • GO certificate creation and transfer
  • compliance activities.

Legislative framework

The Australian Government has legislated the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Act 2024, along with the supporting legislation: 

These acts establish the GO Scheme framework. The scheme’s rules and methodologies will be developed by the department in 2025.

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