Low Carbon Hub News
Browse news and stories about Low Carbon Hub – a social enterprise that manages renewable energy projects across Oxfordshire, and use the surplus from these sites to fund more local action on climate change.
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Strong demand as first-ever community-owned solar park battery share offer hits 80% funding
A community share offer supporting the UK’s first community-owned solar energy battery has reached 80% of its £500k target, with more than £440k raised from around 200 investors ahead of its June 2026 closing date.
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Low Carbon Hub launches share offer for community-owned battery project
People are being invited to invest in a battery project at Ray Valley Solar Park that will store surplus electricity and expand community-owned clean energy in Oxfordshire.
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‘Road to Renewables’ COP26 bus tour kicks off in centre of Oxford
The fully electric double-decker bus arrived into Oxford city centre as the first stop of a two-week nationwide tour that will end in Glasgow ahead of the COP26 summit.
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Oxford City Council provides £3.4m funding for Ray Valley Solar Park
This follows the news last month that Triodos Bank UK had approved a new loan facility to Low Carbon Hub to help it construct and operate what will be the UK’s largest community-owned solar park.
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Funding confirmed for community-owned solar park in Oxfordshire
Ray Valley Solar near Arncott, Bicester – the UK’s largest community-owned solar park – will generate electricity for 6,000 homes through ground-mounted panels.
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Low Carbon to develop UK’s largest community solar park in Oxfordshire
Low Carbon is set to develop the UK’s largest community solar park in the Oxfordshire village of Arncott near Bicester, generating enough to power more than 6,000 homes.