corena - Interest-Free Loans for Community Climate Projects
Climate action that keeps giving
With the finalisation of the Northern Agricultural Catchments Council loan CORENA has recently achieved a huge milestone in that we have now funded $1.5 million in interest-free loans for 55 community emissions reduction projects! This has come from just over $760,000 in project donations demonstrating the power of the revolving energy fund in multiplying the …
After four years, our wonderful Chair Briony O’Shea has decided to hand over her position and return to being a general committee member. Briony first joined CORENA in 2017 and has been instrumental in growing CORENA and accelerating our impact – particularly as we move towards being self-sustaining! We want to thank Briony for all …
The City of Sydney Basketball Association (CSBA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to nurturing basketball from its grassroots to high-performance levels within the community. This project will install a 39.780 kW solar system and 25.6kWh battery. Find out more.
We are very excited to announce our 57th project with community energy cooperative Hepburn Energy and our very first community battery project! We hope to loan at least $100,000 to this important project co-located at the Hepburn Wind farm in Victoria. Find out more.
CORENA’s 2023/24 annual report is now available. Read all about our projects and impact over the last financial year as well as our plans for the coming year.
Our latest project is with Byron Community College in NSW and a generous donor, Ottway the Label, have topped up our existing “coming soon” balance to fully fund this project straight away! Find out more.
Want to find out about the project application process? Have a look at our new explainer video.
Attention Adelaide people ! Here is a great opportunity to support CORENA. The Capri Theatre recently switched on a 71.8 kW solar system and 51.2 kWh battery with the assistance of a $155,303 interest free loan from CORENA. This is CORENA’s biggest loan to date and to celebrate we are going to the movies! Buy …
Find out how in our brand new explainer video here.
We had a huge response to our EOFY fundraising campaign, fully funding Project 55. Northern Agricultural Catchments Council (NACC) in just 10 days!! A big thankyou to all our donors. NACC are now commencing the installation process.
