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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:

Alberta winter games

Canadian Rockies Public School Solar Project

A legacy project of the Alberta Winter Games 2014, Bullfrog Power and Canadian Rockies Public Schools installed solar PV panels on the roof of the Banff Community High school--which is also Canada's first LEED-certified school. The 10 kW project is also included in the school’s science curriculum to help teach students about the...

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MMRC solar roof

The Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

The Marine Mammal Rescue Centre saves more than 150 mammals and releases them back into the wild every year. Bullfrog Power funded 50% of a 4.8 kW solar project on the Rescue Centre’s roof, allowing the Centre to redirect funds towards its rehabilitation efforts.

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