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United Kingdom: Fracking protest village forms renewable energy company
2014-03-28 03:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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