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Community Energy Fortnight 2018
Community Energy Fortnight 2018 will be celebrating the energised communities who are tenaciously generating and saving energy, fighting fuel poverty, improving their local environment, reducing carbon emissions and innovating the energy system. The fight against climate change is people powered!
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Goats’ dung could give farm renewable power
A green project to power Dartington with dung has been give a £18,000 grant to fund a feasibility study. The study will look at how to set up a 100kW anaerobic digester producing energy from farmyard manure at Old Parsonage Farm on the...
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Staverton Hydro Public Meeting
Oral Histories of Staverton Leat
A collection of oral histories was gathered over the summer of 2017 by Tresoc intern, Lawrie Swinnen-Styles. Here are two personal accounts from two local families: the Amhersts who currently live in the old mill house and where the proposed new archimedes turbines...
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The Second Annual Archimedes Screw Fest
The Second Annual Archimedes Screw Fest at Totnes Weir on the River Dart on Saturday October 7th, 11am - 4pm. Free Turbine tours by Alastair Gets of TRESOC at 12 noon & 3pm • Meet Archimedes! • River science all day with Westcountry Rivers Trust – bring the grandkids...
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Communications Director Job Advert
Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) is a local sustainable community energy company. We have a portfolio of renewable energy projects stretching from Plymouth to Exeter, our most recent project being Totnes Weir. In 2015, TRESOC was awarded RegenSW’s ‘South West...
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Staverton Walk & Talk
Join a scheduled walk and talk in August and find out more about Tresoc’s hydro project to be developed at Staverton Leat.
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£20K award to develop Staverton hydro scheme
Fantastic News! Staverton Hydro Community Benefit Society (SHCBS) have been awarded a grant of £20,000 from the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) to kick start the development of the 100kW hydro power plant at Staverton Leat. SHCBS will use the grant to do a...
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‘REEL’ programme – St Christopher’s Pilot Project
Renewable Energy Experiential Learning (REEL) Programme - 'Making Local Renewable Energy.' Key Stage 2 Experiential Learning Totnes Renewable Energy Society (Tresoc) has launched its ‘Renewable Energy Experiential Learning’ (REEL) programme, co-designed with The...
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Member’s Interest Payment
The highlight of last November’s AGM was a vote in favour of an Interest distribution to members for the period ended 31st March 2017 at the rate of 2%, payable on 1st April 2017. We trust that you agree with us that this first, modest interest payment to members from...
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Lescaze Solar Array
Listed 30s building goes solar in local partnership. William Lescaze offices have new 30kW solar PV array. A new 30kW solar-PV array has been put on the roof of the Lescaze Offices in Dartington village to provide renewable electricity. The Dartington Hall Trust...
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Community Energy Study Tour – Brussels
Tresoc Managing Director, Ian Bright joined Regen SW and colleagues from South West England, London, Manchester & Wales in Brussels, December 2016. Part of a community energy study tour, they met with Molly Scott Cato, MP at the European Parliament. Community energy...
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