ACCIONA Energía’s Small Grants and Scholarships Program continues to support the communities around our renewable energy projects across Australia. In 2025, ACCIONA has awarded over $570,000 in funding to more than 100 local groups and students, helping deliver real outcomes in education, sustainability, and community wellbeing. Since 2002, we have awarded over $4.7m in small grants and $350k in scholarships to local communities. 

What We Fund

For over 20 years, our Small Grants Program has been supporting not-for-profit organisations and community groups working on projects that:

• Improve education, health, or cultural development
• Promote sustainability and environmental conservation
• Support access to basic energy and water services
• Strengthen local economies and social inclusion

We also offer scholarships to local students pursuing further education at university or TAFE. Each scholarship is typically valued at $5,000, helping cover tuition, travel, and living costs.

Why It Matters

ACCIONA Energía’s Small Grants program aims to support stronger, more connected communities, and to share the benefits of renewable energy projects with the region. We tailor each program to the needs of the local area. Whether it’s a small grant for a community garden or a scholarship for a future renewable energy leader, the goal is the same: to share the benefits of our projects with the people who live nearby.

Here are some of the 2025 recipients:

• LET’S TALK Colac received funding from Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm near Colac, VIC, to host the Colac & District Football Netball League LET’S TALK Round. The event promotes mental health awareness and help-seeking behaviours in the Otway region.
• At Gunning Wind Farm in NSW, Kanangra-Boyd to Wyangala (K2W) Link received funding to support its Citizen Science Roadshow, where locals learn how to monitor biodiversity using tools like water testing kits and camera traps to help contribute real data to biodiversity records and conservation efforts.
  
• At Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat, VIC, the Cyril Callister Foundation received support for its “Happy Little Vegemites in Schools” program.
• MacIntyre Wind Precinct, located between Warwick and Inglewood in southern Queensland, is running two rounds of grants in 2025, with recipients to be announced in late August. The program supports a wide range of initiatives across the Southern Downs and Goondiwindi regions.
• Round one recipients for MacIntyre included the Wildlife Empire Rescue and Rehabilitation group, with funding to support the establishment of a wildlife education room to teach children and seniors how to protect local wildlife.
• At our Aldoga Solar Farm, recipients included the Mount Larcom Support Group SES who received a grant to purchase laptops to support training and disaster coordination at the Emergency Operations Centre.

These are just a few examples of how the program helps local people and organisations make a difference.