CORENA is a registered charity dedicated to climate action.
Our powerful revolving renewable energy fund enables all Australians to help tackle the climate emergency by donating to tangible projects that reduce carbon emissions. CORENA offers zero interest loans and technical assistance to eligible non profits for climate projects which are repaid using their energy cost savings.
Your donation to our Operations Fund doubled!
All donations to our EOFY Operations Fund Campaign will be matched until we reach a total of $6,000 thanks to a couple of generous supporters. CORENA’s Operations Fund does more than just keep the lights on — it powers the behind-the-scenes work that makes our climate projects possible. From free technical support for nonprofits to helping develop loan-ready projects, your support makes a lasting impact.
👉 Discover the 5 surprising things your operations donation helps fund.
Our Projects
Practical projects that benefit local communities are at the heart of CORENA’s approach to tackling the climate emergency. To date we have loaned over $1.5 million to projects across Australia, from small community centres and aged care facilities to community housing and disability social enterprises.
Our impact
As at May 2025
* project donations are used multiple times via our revolving energy fund. **Carbon emissions and MWh of electricity are estimated based on projected average daily energy production. ***The Houses equivalent electricity use is number of households that can be powered by that amount of electricity (based on Ausgrid 2019 figures for NSW and Vic residential customers)
Are you from a non profit, social enterprise or community organisation?
Want to reduce your carbon emissions & energy costs with a community-funded climate project? We welcome project loan applications for the below technologies and other innovative climate projects.
- Solar panels
- Batteries
- Energy audits
- Heating and cooling
- Lighting retrofits
- Energy monitoring
- Heat pump hot water systems
- Induction stovetops
- Heat pump space heating
- Cars & buses
- Delivery vehicles
Latest News & Blog Articles
5 Things You Didn’t Know About CORENA’s Operations Fund (But Absolutely Should)
At CORENA, we often talk about our revolving energy fund — how every donation keeps giving, how we’ve worked with 60 community projects to cut …
Perpetual Motion for Climate Funding
By Margaret Hender, founder of CORENA. Originally published in Clean Technica 2022 When CORENA first started back in 2013, we modelled the effect of …
The Rise of Agrivoltaics: Cultivating Energy & Crops Together in Australia
Australia, a land synonymous with both vast agricultural landscapes and abundant sunshine, stands at the cusp of an exciting agricultural and energy …
Project Number 60!
We are very excited to announce our 60th project with Youth Options in SA, our first community organisation to use their batteries to participate in a …
“The benefits of solar energy for
Barnardos are two-fold as it creates environmental benefits for our community whilst also ensuring we reduce our overall operating costs into the future. This means we can dedicate more funds to support local children and their families. Moving away from coal fired energy to clean energy sources is the way of the future and I’m proud that Barnardos and CORENA are leading by example. The children are also enjoying learning about solar power and sustainability and are excited to see this project unfold”
Maria Corsiglia, Manager, Barnardos South Coast Children’s Family Centre
“We are very pleased to have the support of CORENA and their donors…This will be a great help to our low income residents and have a significant impact on our greenhouse gas emissions. Thank you very much.”
Greame Haines, Chair, Lockington Community Care Committee
“The Capri has been making a concerted effort to reduce its impact on the environment for a number of years, by upgrading to LED lighting, improving recycling efforts and purchasing compostable consumables. As a not-for-profit, run mostly by volunteers, the Capri is also very conscious of its expenditure. The rising cost of electricity makes transitioning to solar and battery powered energy the natural next step for the organisation right now and we are extremely grateful that this is possible for us through CORENA’s funding programme.”
Ian Carter, Chair, Capri Theatre
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