Our Timeline

REPOWERBalcombe hopes to encourage other community energy projects to get started in repowering their local area. See REPOWERBalcombe’s story in our timeline below. We hope that this resource can help other community energy groups.

We’re working on updating this as the original source has disappeared!

The Story of REPOWERBalcombe

26th February 2013

The Story of REPOWERBalcombe

Balcombe was turned upside-down with fracking in summer 2013. A group of villagers got together to find a positive response to all the division – generating their own power from the sun. This is their story.

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Public meeting in Bramble Hall

26th September 2013

Public meeting in Bramble Hall

After all the disruption of the summer, the village did what villages do best, they held a public meeting. The result? Balcombe’s own renewable energy co-op.

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First ever meeting of the Balcombe community energy group

3rd October 2013

First ever meeting of the Balcombe community energy group

Research on sites begins

10th October 2013

The group choose a name: REPOWERBalcombe

30th October 2013

The group choose a name: REPOWERBalcombe

FCA registration of co-op confirmed!

17th December 2013

FCA registration of co-op confirmed!

It’s official!

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All Balcombe residents receive REPOWERBalcombe Christmas card

24th December 2013

All Balcombe residents receive REPOWERBalcombe Christmas card

Merry Christmas and a happy, solar powered, new year.

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The website is commissioned

8th January 2014

The website is commissioned

Grange farm confirm they are on board

14th January 2014

Grange farm confirm they are on board

Family-run Grange farm are the first local site to agree to host solar panels owned by REPOWERBalcombe.

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The co-op is featured in the February edition of Balcombe Parish Council Magazine

1st February 2014