CORENA - Citizens' Own Renewable Energy Network Australia
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Thank you to all our members and supporters who chipped in to this fantastic project! It is anticipated this project will save approx 94,458kWhs of electricity, 31 tonnes of carbon and $32,500 every year. CORENA Head of Operations, Sarah McCabe, and Capri Theatre General Manager, Rob Jordan, were interviewed on ABC Adelaide about the project. …
Fundraising for Project 54. Mansfield Autism Statewide Services (MASS) is now complete! A huge thankyou to our donors. MASS have now commenced the process of gaining the relevant approvals for the system, a process which can take a number of months.
NACC NRM delivers a range of natural resource management projects steering the region towards a sustainable future in Geraldton, WA. CORENA’s latest project will involve installing a 32kW solar system and 13.2kWh battery. Find out more.
By Monica Oliphant – CORENA committee member and patron It is with great sadness that we note the untimely death of one of our Board Members, Corinna Pereira. She was on the CORENA board from 2016 – 2018 and 2022 – 2024. A few of us, however, had known her for many more years – …
The cost of living crisis is hitting us all making it harder to donate discretionary funds to our charities. But what if there were ways to donate to your favourite charity (we hope it’s CORENA) without spending a cent! 1. Recommend Us to your Work’s Corporate Giving Program Lots of workplaces have workplace charity giving …
Updated: February 2025 We are in a climate emergency and now governments, councils, businesses across the world are recognising it. What does this mean? We’ll unpack it for you Climate emergency declarations have been made around the world. Declaring an emergency means formally acknowledging the significant impact of carbon emissions on the world’s climate and …
Updated: December 2024 As the world increasingly takes action to tackle the climate emergency, one technology set to make a massive difference in the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere is that of electric vehicles. Thanks to green energy innovations and emerging renewable technologies, electric vehicles have also come a long way over …
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. …
Our Chair will be speaking at the Community Energy Congress run by our friends at the Coalition for Community Energy in Sydney next week. The program includes a wonderful and diverse range of speakers and sessions covering everything from the big energy vision, strategy, advocacy, benefit sharing, finance, technical aspects and more. You can attend …
Hot water is an essential part of everyday life both at home and in the workplace. What most people don’t realise is that water heating can actually be energy-intensive, and is often overlooked as contributing to the climate emergency. Water heating makes up on average about 23% of a typical household’s energy use. Not for …
