2025 AGM
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.
News & Blog
Futurematerials.co launched
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 …
Bessie arrives in Hepburn
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 selected to pitch at The Funding Network Healthy People Healthy Planet event
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 …
Project 59 Fully Funded
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.
Target Achieved!
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 …
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 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. …
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 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 …
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 revolution: agrivoltaics. This innovative approach strategically combines solar energy generation with agricultural practices on the same land, unlocking a wealth of potential benefits for farmers, the environment, and the nation’s renewable energy targets. …
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 Virtual Power Plant. We aren’t fundraising for this one as it’s only small and we had enough money in the revolving fund to loan to it straight away. Find …