Clean Community Energy
All Welcome “Our vision is to power railways with unsubsidised, direct-wire renewable generation whilst delivering significant social impact for line-side communities.” A project born in a field in Balcombe when the co-op was searching for potential sites for a solar farm. Our chairman at the …
This year’s AGM will take place at Balcombe’a Victory Hll on Saturday 18th April 2026 at 10:30 am. Details and directions will be included in the AGM pack sent to our shareholders. Non-shareholders are welcome to attend, especially if interested in becoming a shareholder, but …
We are delighted to announce that we have reopened our Community Fund and are seeking new applications for projects that meet our criteria and are within our target area. We reluctantly paused the fund whilst we reorganised ourselves following Tom Parker’s resignation as chairman. We’re …
Our results for the year confirm widespread media reports that 2025 was a record year in the UK for solar generation. This is despite losing around 3000 kWh due to our meters inadvertently not being switched back on after unrelated electrical work at one site.
On behalf of the members and committee of REPOWERBalcombe, I wish to express sadness upon learning of the passing in August of Anthony Woolhouse. Anthony served on REPOWER Balcombe’s committees as a director for about 5 years until 2023 when failing health led to him stepping …
Tom Parker, our chairman since 2016, resigned at the end of May. Every member of the management committee is sad to see Tom leave us. He has been a key member of the team since its foundation, which started in 2013 following demonstrations against oil …
This year’s AGM will take place at The Victory Hall at Balcombe on Saturday 12th April 2025 at 10:30 am. We had previously arranged to hold our AGM at Worth Abbey, but we’re now unable to rely on this in time to meet legal requirements …
A 10-year success story for Balcombe Many thanks to all who visited our site at this year’s fete, as we celebrated a Balcombe village success story spanning 10 years. We’ve generated over 1.2 gigawatt hours of electricity at prices well below market rates for our …
Our foundation was inspired by the demonstrations during 2013 against Cuadrilla’s exploration for oil at Lower Stumble, Balcombe. A small group of local people with support from renewable energy experts, decided that, instead of demonstrating, we’d show there was a better, far more environmentally friendly, …
One of the founding principles of Repower was to support education about climate change and how we could all make a contribution. Sussex Green Living asked us to support their Youth Eco Forum (YEF), a group aged between 14-21 years old, of environmentally concerned people, …