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Partner: Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC)

The Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC) develops community-based green energy projects such as solar panels on schools and housing co-ops—and Bullfrog is helping the co-op build community support. OREC partners with local property owners to use their land or rooftops for community-owned renewable power projects—benefitting the land owners, co-op members and the environment. With a contribution from Bullfrog Power, OREC will continue to build community support for renewable energy projects in Eastern Ontario.

Learn more about the project.

Read our Currents of Change profile with
Janice Ashworth, Operations Manager, OREC

Janice Ashworth

Janice Ashworth

“Schools are a perfect location for renewable energy projects because they are community hubs.”
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About our community projects

Activists and organizers across the country are working to transition their communities away from fossil fuels. We created our community-based green energy projects grant to provide critical funding for these local efforts.

All bullfrogpowered customers help fund these small-scale, community-led projects, including solar panels on schools and in Indigenous communities, education and training programs, and a cleantech accelerator.

Explore other community projects:

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Old Crow Solar Feasibility Project

With a population of less than 300, the Yukon community of Old Crow has lived off the land for generations, relying on the Porcupine Caribou herd for food and resources. Now, the community wants to ensure its energy independence with a new solar project.

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Vancouver Public Library

In partnership with the City of Vancouver and Solar Now, Bullfrog Power participated in the launch of a 16.6 kW solar rooftop on the Vancouver Public Library, an educational city landmark visited nearly 6.5 million times in 2017.

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