Product Guarantee of Origin products

Product Guarantee of Origin products

Under the Product Guarantee of Origin (PGO), Australian producers can create PGO certificates for products they make. Certificates will need different information depending on the type of product, but there are general requirements for all products in the Future Made in Australia (Guarantee of Origin) Methodology Determination 2025.

Eligible products currently include:

• hydrogen
• methane
• green metals

Hydrogen

Hydrogen can be created using different eligible production pathways. Select a pathway to learn more about the information you need to create certificates.

• Hydrogen: electrolysis pathway

  The process of using electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. 

• Hydrogen: gas reforming pathway

  The process of chemically converting hydrocarbon feedstocks into hydrogen by thermal reforming processes using steam, oxygen or both as an oxidising agent. 

• Hydrogen: solid gasification and pyrolysis pathway 

  The thermochemical conversion of solid carbon-based feedstocks into synthesis gas using a gasifier or pyrolyser and then refining hydrogen from the synthesis gas.

Methane

Methane can be created using different eligible production pathways. Select a pathway to learn more about the information you need to create certificates.

• Biogas: anaerobic digestion pathway

  The process which micro-organisms break down biodegradable feedstocks in an oxygen-free environment to produce biogas.

• Biomethane: upgrading biogas pathway

  The process by which biogas is refined and stripped of impurities.

Green metals

Green metals can be created using different eligible production pathways. Select a pathway to learn more about the information you need to create certificates.

• Aluminium pathway

  The process of making aluminium from alumina through a smelting process, including the operation of all equipment used to produce the aluminium and move materials through the process.

• Iron ore pathway

  The process of extracting iron ore from the earth by mining.

Upcoming products

Over time, the PGO may expand to include new industries and other products. These include: 

• low-carbon liquid fuels
• other green metal products (iron, steel and alumina) 
• hydrogen derivatives such as ammonia.

Find out more about eligible products on the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s website.