Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme Project Boundaries and Attributes

A spatial dataset of registered Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme project boundaries, maintained by the Clean Energy Regulator. It includes attributes such as project name, ID, method, registration date, location, status, and area. The data can be linked to the official project register for additional details like issued credits.

Use Cases

• Map the spatial distribution of carbon sequestration and savanna burning projects based on project location and area.
• Analyze project registration trends over time based on the Date Project Registered attribute.
• Assess the prevalence of different carbon credit methodologies based on the Method and Method Type fields.
• Link spatial project data to financial and issuance records using the Project ID to join with the official project register.

Strengths

• Includes a link key (Project ID) to join with the authoritative project register for financial and unit issuance data.
• Contains specific attributes like Permanence Period and Project Status (Active or Revoked) for detailed project analysis.
• Published and maintained by the authoritative Clean Energy Regulator.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The dataset excludes boundaries for ten projects where location has been suppressed.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Clean Energy Regulator

Collection Method

Registered by project proponents and published by the regulator's GIS Team.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:05:16.684073; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia