Energy Live: Residents of the village that was the centre of anti-fracking protests have formed their own renewable energy company.
Called REPOWERBalcombe, the new co-operative plans to install around 300,000 worth of solar panels on the rooftops of local buildings in Balcombe hoping to meet around 7.5% of the electricity demand of the village.
It also hopes to provide all of the villages electricity need with locally-generated renewable energy in the long term.
The co-operative launched its first...