All project owners and aggregators must open a seller account on the UCR platform. Prior to submission of any project activity please check the following:
Project Commissioning Date Projects must be commissioned on or after 01/01/2002 (January 01, 2002) to be eligible into the program.
Carbon Crediting Period All carbon credits can be claimed for periods beginning on or after 01/01/2013 (January 01, 2013) and not earlier.
Project Types Please review the UCR Standard and Manual for positive pre-approved project types and ineligible project activities.
Projects registered/verified under alternate GHG programs Skip Steps 2, 3 and 4. Hire verifier to showcase doublecounting issue is addressed.
Step 01
Seller prepares and uploads PCN Seller uploads 1 minute mobile video to show project is currently operational
*If seller is an aggregator then Comm. Agreement with each project is required
Step 02
Seller awaits UCR approval to proceed with verification
*Verification approval is displayed on the CoU Approved for Verification section of platform
Step 03
Seller contacts/hires Verifier Verifier checks if project is pre-approved for verification
Seller prepares MR and other documents to submit to Verifier
Step 06
Seller has following CoU options -Retire - Trade (OTC or Exchange) - Burn & Tokenize
Burn & Tokenize matching with the Hold And Trade
Step 05
Seller uploads MR, VR, VS on UCR platform UCR reviews and on approval issues CoUs into Seller account
UCR auto deducts 5% of total CoUs issued to Seller in fees
Step 04
Verifier completes verification and off-site remote audit as per UCR Verification Standard
Verifier prepares VR and VS to submit to Seller