Advance Carbon Project

Advance Carbon Project is a soil carbon project located near Gulgong, approximately 30km north of Mudgee in the Mid-Western region of NSW. It was registered in December 2017 and covers 419.01 ha.

Soil carbon projects in grazing systems involve storing carbon in the soil by introducing new management practices. Standard requirements under this methodology typically involve implementing eligible activities such as altering stocking rates, undertaking pasture cropping, or rejuvenating pastures to build soil organic carbon over time.

The Gulgong and Mudgee region is well-known for cattle and sheep grazing, broadacre cropping, and viticulture. The area experiences a temperate climate with moderate rainfall averaging roughly 678mm annually, and soils in the pastoral hills generally consist of productive clays and sandy loams.

This project increases carbon in the soil by rejuvenating pastures, undertaking pasture cropping, and changing grazing patterns. The project has a nominated permanence period of 25 years, with its crediting period running from June 2019 to May 2044. Notably, the project area underwent a variation in November 2020 to remove certain sections from the original project boundary. The project proponent is Corporate Carbon Solutions Pty Ltd, with Deane Belfield listed as an additional participant.