Our projects
From the first panels on the Community Centre to farm solar and public buildings, here is what we are building now and what we have delivered, with the outcomes.
Now
A National Lottery funded scheme letting residents borrow a thermal camera, free, to see exactly where their home loses heat and act on it. Includes a live weather calendar to pick the best scanning day and a friendly report afterwards. See availability and book.
Working with local farms and the Land Stewards group on solar, battery, EV charging and the grid-connection questions that hold rural projects back. We are building a farm energy register and exploring collective buying and community ownership so farms get a fair deal together.
Exploring community-owned solar canopies on council car parks and schools with Wealden District Council and East Sussex. The aim is clean local power on land already developed, funded through community ownership so the benefit stays here.
A proposed community solar scheme at Great Cansiron Farm, where the co-op would develop and manage the project on the community's behalf.
Delivered
Our "Solar Power to the People" project put a 3.85kWp solar array and battery on the Forest Row Community Centre, funded by M&S, PowerVault and LoCASE. It generated around 3,300kWh in its first year, close to a whole household's annual use. Read the story.
A Wealden-wide energy advice project tackling fuel poverty, funded by a £11,000 UK Power Networks grant. We delivered one-to-one advice, trained key workers and mapped fuel poverty across the district, and it beat its targets. Read the story.
With OVESCO we supported around 40 rural households moving off heating oil to low-carbon heat, with property assessments, designs and whole-life costings. The linked Communiheat project explored village-scale heat networks. Read the story.
A not-for-profit insulation service funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, offering free EPCs and home assessments within 15 miles of Forest Row. Good insulation can cut heating costs by up to 70 per cent. Read the story.
Multi-phase solar across the Nutley Hall estate, and a 5kWp system on The Seasons, Forest Row's organic store, cutting their bills and carbon for decades to come. Read the story.
Feasibility and support to help local schools, including Emerson College, benefit from renewable energy. Read the story.
See the full story, year by year, on our history and milestones timeline.
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