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We are very excited to announce our first “Getting off Gas” project with Commonground Training Centre in Victoria! Transitioning away from gas is an essential step in cutting our carbon emissions and we were delighted when Commonground Training Centre decided to take on this project. Commonground provides accommodation and conference facilities for social and environmental …
Thank you everyone who came to support our pitch at The Funding Network Australia on the 2nd of September. Together we raised $76,200 to help schools, neighbourhood centres and community facilities cut their power bills, reinvest in their people, and most importantly – cut emissions at the source. A huge thank you to The Funding …
CORENA’s 2025 AGM will be held on October 16 online. You can register here and all are welcome, you don’t have to be a member to attend. We will give an update on our activities and talk about our many plans for the coming year.
CORENA Innovation Award winner Future Materials have now launched their new website with a searchable database of recycled, low carbon, renewable and low toxicity building materials. If you are building or renovating you can take a look here – futurematerials.co. We have been lucky enough to secure a philanthropic donation to run another round of …
Hepburn Energy’s new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has arrived at the windfarm and has been christened Bessie! Bessie is the size of 400 household batteries and will play an important role in storing excess wind energy and supplying it to the grid when it is needed. Hepburn Energy General Manager, Taryn Lane, said “Mid-scale …
CORENA is very excited to be pitching at The Funding Network’s Healthy People, Healthy Planet on 2 September for dual investment towards our revolving fund and critical operational capacity. Every $ pledged at this event is MATCHED by the Bupa Foundation, doubling your impact. Join live (in person or online), hear our plans, and help …
A huge thankyou to all our donors who donated to Goulburn Community Energy Cooperative. Their $100,000 loan is now fully funded! Construction is nearly complete and we look forward to hearing when the project starts producing renewable energy for the local community! We will keep you posted. Find out more.
A huge thankyou to everyone who donated to our EOFY donation matching campaign for our Operations Fund. With the matching donations we raised a whopping $17,999, well beyond our $12,000 initial target! We will be putting your donations to work finding and developing our non-profit climate projects. 👉 Discover the 5 surprising things your operations …
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 emissions, and how your support makes it all happen. But what really keeps CORENA moving forward? It’s our Operations Fund — the unsung hero that powers everything behind the scenes. …
By Margaret Hender, founder of CORENA. Originally published in Clean Technica 2022 When CORENA first started back in 2013, we modelled the effect of using donated funds to give $20,000/quarter in interest-free loans to pay for practical climate-beneficial projects, like solar and energy efficiency, with loans repaid out of savings on energy bills within around …
