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Solar | Community project we're supporting

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:

Kitasoo rooftop solar

Kitasoo Community School Solar Project

The Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nation in B.C. aims to be energy independent by building renewable energy sources to help power its community—beginning with a 23 kW solar roof on its public school.

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Na-Cho Nyak Dun restaurant

First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun Restaurant Solar Project

After years of over-reliance on the mining sector, the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyak Dun in the town of Mayo, Yukon, hopes to use solar as a launching pad for future green energy projects.

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