Clean Community Energy
Another step towards a greener future in Balcombe In Repower’s early years, there were a number of discussions with the Victory Hall’s management committee about potential energy saving projects as a means of reducing running costs. About 2 years ago we were asked about LED …
Having started to spread the word about the availability of grants from Repower more widely around the communities surrounding Balcombe, our first application arrived in March 2023 from Turners Hill Parish Council. As a Parish Council, we have been working on a project to upgrade …
Last December we received a phone call from the school asking for advice on how best to spent some new government funding, targeted at reducing their energy needs. Our chairman, Tom Parker, toured the school with our thermal imaging camera, highlighting where the school was …
As we approach the winter months, St Mary’s Church is so grateful to Repower Balcombe for the generous £2,368.45 grant donation that was given in August 2022. The church will see the benefits particularly around the lychgate area and the steps leading out to the …
Whilst restrictions on social contact related to Covid were in place, we decided to focus on simplifying our Community Fund application process. Once launched on our website we were delighted when the Balcombe Parish Room management committee approached us for help in completing their conversion …
Our Community Fund helps Balcombe Club to install LED lighting in the Forest room
Visitors to Bramble Hall may have noticed the many high floodlights, the primary source of lighting for the hall. But you may not know that there’s an Energy Group within the Parish Council. Apart from covering activities at the Lower Stumble oil exploration site on …
REPOWERBalcombe returns to Crawley Down School to help with their lighting conversion project. The school was given a grant of £4,373 for LED lighting in their corridors whilst they paid for lighting in the main hall. The higher efficiency of LED lights coupled with their …
During the autumn of 2017 REPOWERBalcombe provided a grant of £9,049 for the installation of LED lights in areas of the school where the lighting needed updating. This will reduce electricity consumption by about 5000kWh of electricity each year, saving an estimated £500 pa (at …
REPOWERBalcombe, the Sussex renewable energy Co-operative, has provided a grant of £11,075 from its Community Benefit fund to install 158 new LED fittings and 18 PIRs (passive infrared sensors) at Imberhorne School, in East Grinstead, East Sussex. This is predicted to conserve more than 19,500 …