Clean Community Energy
As part of the Government’s ‘Green GB Week‘ REPOWER Balcombe (RPB) invited Horsham MP, Jeremy Quin, to Turners Hill Primary school. The aim of the meeting was to share with Jeremy the huge ‘green’ achievements made by the school itself, and in partnership with RPB. Jeremy …
Welcome to REPOWER Balcombe: A project that aims to generate the equivalent to 100% of Balcombe’s electricity demand through community-owned locally-generated renewable energy. In 2015 REPOWERBalcombe installed 45kWp of solar photovoltaics (PV), at a local farm and two local schools. In 2016, thanks to a successful …
There is also a very good article at the Solar Power Portal
At the end of 2017 we said goodbye to Rachael Hunter. Thank you Rachael, from all of us at RePower Balcombe, for your amazing support over the past few years. We wish you success in her new role. At the start of 2018 we welcomed …
We’re Generating! Thursday 15th February 2018 Despite the inclement weather earlier this week, all the panels have been installed and are now generating. Well done to everyone involved in the project. Another great success for the Cooperative. Wednesday 14th February 2018 “Good progress has been …
Our AGM is on Saturday 14th April at 10.30 am at Imberhorne School, East Grinstead.All our members are welcome, along with their friends and family. Come and see the solar installation at the school funded by Repower Balcombe. Please make a note in your diary …
New Order’s song title suggests Everything’s Gone Green. Or has it? There are positive indications about a gradual step away from fossil fuel consumption. Figures published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy suggest that renewable energy accounted for a quarter of the …
Turners Hill School, near East Grinstead, East Sussex, has recently installed 12kWh of battery storage to capture much of the spare electricity generated by the various renewable energy systems at the school. The money to install the battery system was provided from REPOWERBalcombe’s Community …
REPOWERBalcombe, the Sussex renewable energy Co-operative, has provided money 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 kWh of electricity …
Our AGM is on Saturday 22nd April at 10.30 am at Turners Hill C of E Primary School.All our members are welcome, along with their friends and family. Come and see the solar installation at the school funded by Repower Balcombe. We’re delighted to have …