Last week Low Carbon Hub attended Cherwell School’s World of Work Day to promote the importance of community energy, share our vision of a low-carbon future with students and challenge them to create a marketing campaign that considered the motivations of different members of society.   The fight against climate change is one of the biggest…

The next ten years are going to be critical to our transition to a zero-carbon energy system. By the end of the upcoming decade we need to be able to answer whether the Low Carbon Hub has completed the tasks that we set out to do, and for this we need a plan. Here is…

With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, many are becoming more aware of the link between keeping warm and maintaining good health. But more than a ‘nice to have’, energy and health are inextricably linked.  Access to clean, sustainable, and affordable energy is crucial to achieving health and wellbeing for communities. The flip side is that risks…

On Thursday evening, 8 December 2022 the work of two local social enterprises was recognised at the at the annual national awards held in London celebrating the achievements of the UK’s social enterprise sector. Low Carbon Hub won the Environmental Social Enterprise category at the Social Enterprise Awards 2022, for its work towards an energy…

We are delighted that Sustainable Charlbury is our community group of the month for November / December 2022. Sustainable Charlbury began in 2008 as a Community Interest Company, with the aim of addressing the big challenges the planet faces at a local level. The group is run by a small, dedicated team who hope to…

Local social enterprise Low Carbon Hub has released a ‘Warmer Winter Checklist’ to help residents across Oxfordshire keep warm this winter in the face of increasing energy costs. The handy guide provides lots of tips and resources to help people save energy whilst keeping their homes warm and healthy. Spiralling energy costs are a concern…

We take a look at some cross-cutting themes from the last year and how our work has been developing, while celebrating some exciting milestones. Scale We didn’t set out to build the largest community-owned solar park in the UK, but that’s what we have achieved together. Ray Valley Solar is a really significant project for…

Oxfordshire Great Big Green Week 2022 was 9 days of events (Sept 24 – Oct 2) encouraging people and organisations to act to help tackle the climate crisis, and to protect and improve our environment. It was part of the national ‘Great Big Green Week’. Events were organised by groups of all types and sizes…

Celebrating the energisation of Ray Valley Solar with a new launch document. Construction, and energisation, of our first ever ground mount solar project Ray Valley Solar is now complete. At 19.2MW installed capacity it is the UK’s largest community-owned solar park and can generate enough green electricity each year to power over 6,000 homes.  To…

Why is collaboration important? At Low Carbon Hub, we aim to accelerate the transition to the zero carbon energy system that we need for the future, providing electricity, heat and a clean transport system, all powered by renewables. Transitioning a whole energy system is really complex and it needs to be done in a way…

Energy prices are soaring and are set to rise even further in the coming months. This is a concern for homeowners and businesses across the UK as people are battling with their energy bills. There is also growing alarm at the impact of the global climate crisis, with extreme weather events becoming more common with…

Our Solar PV array at Norbar Torque Tools Ltd has trebled in size! Almost exactly seven years after the installation of our first solar PV array, we have completed an extension to the rooftop solar PV array at Norbar Torque Tools Ltd, trebling its size from 250 kWp to 778 kWp making it our second…