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.
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The Story of REPOWERBalcombe
26th February 2013
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.
Read morePublic meeting in Bramble Hall
26th September 2013
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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All Balcombe residents receive REPOWERBalcombe Christmas card
24th December 2013
Merry Christmas and a happy, solar powered, new year.
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Grange farm confirm they are on board
14th January 2014
Family-run Grange farm are the first local site to agree to host solar panels owned by REPOWERBalcombe.
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