Renewable Gas Certification Rules - version 3.0
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The GreenPower Renewable Gas Certification Rules have been updated and come into effect from 3 July 2025.
Key changes to the GreenPower Renewable Gas Certification rules include:
- E-methane has been added to the list of Eligible Gas Types under the Certification. Certifying e-methane provides a positive signal to industry supporting future renewable gas production at scale.
- Invalid RGGOs has been updated clarifying roles and responsibilities. A ‘make good’ provision has been added, requiring Producers to take corrective action for any RGGOs that have been sold or transferred but are later determined by GreenPower to be invalid.
- Energy crop exemptions when grown as cover crops or grown on marginal land. Biogas and biomethane projects must use biogenic feedstocks listed in the Renewable Energy Electricity Act (REEA) to be eligible for participation. The REE Act includes energy crops grown exclusively for energy production. The Rules limit the use of energy crops to no more than 10 percent of a project’s total annual feedstock volume. The updated Rules will introduce an exemption to this limit if the energy crops deliver net positive environmental and social outcomes and are:
- Grown as cover crops; non-food crops planted between main cropping cycles to improve soil health, reduce erosion, or manage pests, or
- Grown on marginal land; land unsuitable for food crop production due to poor quality or contamination.
- Change of certificate registry operator and gas unit functional unit. GreenPower have partnered with Trovio Technology to build a new registry specifically for GreenPower’s Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO) certificates. This new system replaces the previous registry managed by Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (REAL). The new registry adopts gigajoules (GJ), the standard gas unit in Australia as the functional unit for RGGOs, replacing kilowatt hours (kWh).
- Participant fees have been removed from the Rules and will be updated on the GreenPower webpage. The Participant fee structure is reviewed annually and will be updated without needing to revise the Rules.
The Rules set out the terms and conditions for participation in the Certification program for renewable gas Producers and certificate Traders. It outlines information about the scheme’s objectives, participant eligibility, certification criteria, renewable gas certificates, the online registry platform, participation fees, auditing, and reporting procedures. The Rules are updated periodically to ensure that best practice is maintained aligning with the objectives of the Program.
Read the new Rules here
