CORENA - Citizens' Own Renewable Energy Network Australia
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While large-scale renewable projects are making headway, a quieter revolution is taking place at the grassroots level: community energy. Australia is a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains and abundant sunshine. It’s also a country with a growing appetite for clean energy. This movement empowers local communities to take control of their energy production …
With the climate emergency impacting all areas of society and nature, a wide variety of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are working to provide services to help reduce and build resilience in our communities. As a not-for-profit renewable energy and climate charity ourselves, we at CORENA believe that it’s important to support similar types of charitable organisations. …
In the last decade, green energy has become increasingly in focus as the world seeks to switch to greener, more sustainable and renewable power sources. With the increasing urgency with which global economies are addressing the climate emergency, striving to achieve net zero, and increase resilience, a greater need for green energy has arisen. Thankfully, …
Climate resilience is something individuals, organisations, and societies alike all need to consider in anticipation of current and expected future extreme weather events as well as projected sea level rises that will accompany climate change. In part resilience involves disaster response, by having systems and processes in place to deal with increasing numbers and severity …
With the climate emergency facing us all the concept of decarbonisation has emerged as something essential in order to help avert increasingly severe weather events. Decarbonisation is a key term used to describe various practices employed by individuals, businesses, organisations, and governments worldwide in order to reduce their carbon footprint and achieve the goal of …
Climate action requires the efforts of individuals, organisations, and governments if the world is to achieve its collective goal of net-zero carbon emissions. Fortunately, some communities are literally taking the power into their own hands and are banding together to create community renewable energy projects. These innovative community projects not only produce economies of scale …
Updated: 9/5/2025 Solar batteries store the excess energy that solar panels produce so that it can be used when the sun isn’t shining, be it at night or during inclement weather. If you already have a solar power system, or your organisation is considering investing in one, a solar battery as part of the installation …
Updated: April 2025 There has never been a better time to transition to renewable energy and technologies like electric vehicles in Australia. Over recent years, the country has undergone something of a renewable energy revolution, with solar power capacity growing in leaps and bounds as well as more and more people and organisations alike getting …
Installing solar panels and transitioning to renewable energy is one of the best ways your organisation can reduce carbon emissions and energy costs. Here at CORENA, we work with a wide range of not for profits, providing interest-free loans to install solar panels and other energy efficiency measures to tackle the climate emergency. If your …
Climate change is a global challenge that demands local solutions. We need to, decarbonise, shift rapidly to net zero and support the uptake of renewable energy, energy efficiency, electrification of vehicles, plus opportunities which will see use reduce carbon emissions immediately. Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA) is an Australian renewable energy and community …
