Clean Community Energy
We wanted our solar dream to inspire people all over the world, but the government have brought that dream to an end with a series of policy changes that are devastating to the community energy sector and the wider renewable energy sector in the UK. Our plan was to …
Last Thursday was high drama at Mid Sussex council planning committee with the decision being made on our planning application for our 5MW solar farm at Chiddingly farm just outside West Hoathly. Several Repower Balcombe members, alongside our friends at 10:10 and our planning and …
In February we had our first public share offer, which was successful in raising £49,000 from about 50 local investors, to fund solar installations on both Balcombe and Turners Hill primary schools. Since then we’ve been pushing hard to get all the contracts and paperwork …
10:10 the climate change charity who have been supporting us over the last couple of years put a call out for comments on our planning application for the solar farm at Chiddinglye Farm and they got a very big response. See the map below for the …
At this year’s (2015) Balcombe village fete we all enjoyed a lovely warm sunny day. This was particularly significant for REPOWERBalcombe, as at our pitch we were asking visitors to guess just how much energy the cooperative’s solar panels at Grange Farm would generate between …
We are happy to reveal that we have handed in our planning application for the Chiddinglye Farm site in West Hoathly. This follows the overwhelmingly positive response we received from West Hoathly locals at our community consultation event in May and our delightful visit to a similar-sized solar …
Sunday 14th June 2015 9.30am – 11am Meet at Five Oaks Farm, Haven Road, Five Oaks, near Billingshurst REPOWERBalcombe, Low Carbon, and Southern Solar held an incredibly successful event on 20th May to discuss the proposal to build a community-owned solar farm just outside West …
When we started REPOWERBalcombe, our aim was always to generate the equivalent to 100% of Balcombe’s electricity demand through community-owned locally-generated renewable energy. We are coming closer to realising this aim (and more) with an exciting new proposal on the horizon. Following from our successful …
Good news from sunny West Sussex: on April 21st we hit a record high at 113kWh – that’s enough to power almost 13 households! In April, we frequently hit over 100kWh, which is fantastic news for both our local investors and the community benefit fund. Now, …
In theory we could supply local people with clean power from our solar panels that is cheaper than dirty power from distant fossil plants When we started REPOWERBalcombe, one of our first questions was would we be able to supply local people with power from …