Project LEO
Browse news and features about Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire) – one of the UK’s most ambitious, wide-ranging and innovative energy trials, seeking to accelerate the UK’s transition to a zero-carbon energy system. Project LEO is running trials in Oxfordshire to understand how new technologies and services, particularly at the ‘edge’ of the network – closest to the point where people are using energy – can benefit local people, communities, and the energy system.
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Local Energy Oxfordshire trialling how to make renewables work for everyone
Critical to the success of Project LEO is the involvement of five local communities across Oxfordshire in a series of Smart and Fair Neighbourhood (SFN) trials.
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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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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.