Low Carbon Hub is in a very different place in 2024 than it was in our start-up period in 2011. Back then our aim was ambitious: to help replace Didcot Power Station with renewable energy that would benefit local people. We are now in a position nationally where fossil fuel use is diminishing and we…

This ‘Engagement and Inclusion’ report recaps our key learnings from Project LEO, distilling them into an easy-to-follow Playbook of ‘how to’ guides to be used for further engagement for LEO-N as well as further afield. Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire) was one of the UK’s most ambitious, wide-ranging and innovative energy trials, seeking to accelerate…

ESOx advocates for increased support for SME (Small or Medium sized Enterprise) businesses, aiming to bridge the funding gap, and speeding up the implementation of energy-efficient retrofits. While non-profit organisations have access to grants, SMEs need added backing to contribute significantly to the county’s net-zero goals. 

This report documents the ongoing development of the People’s Power Station 2.0(PPS2.0), a highly innovative digital environment that acts as an enabler for bothcreating and capturing value through a focus on Smart Community EnergySystems (SCES). The approach taken is based on the premise that greater overall value can becreated and distributed equitably when individuals, local…

A summary of the contribution we have made during 2022/23 towards the creation of an energy system that’s good for people and good for the planet.

Here is a summary which provides insight into the environmental and financial performance of our investments over the 2022/23 financial year.

At its heart, Project LEO has been as much about social innovation and equity as technical learning, particularly in relation to our Smart and Fair Neighbourhoods (SFN). So it was vital that participants in these trials and the communities involved were managed and treated respectfully and ethically. This companion piece to our Learning from the…

March 2023 saw the end of Project LEO, one of the UK’s most ambitious, wide-ranging and innovative energy trials. Over the four years since its launch, this collaborative project has conducted multiple trials, issued numerous reports and gained vital insight into how a smart and flexible energy system of the future could look like. The…

“This paper reports on the learning we have actually achieved through the hyperlocal SFN trials, sets out the key messages from our learning and describes further work we would like to do to bring the concept to market through viable, valuable, ethical, repeatable and scalable business models. We are clear that much work remains to…

This report focuses just on the key question of developing a local roadmap for Rose Hill. It does not set out to provide an evaluation of the whole SFN. This report is split into several sections. Firstly, it sets out the approach taken through Project LEO to the design of a net zero roadmap using…

Here is a summary which provides insight into the environmental and financial performance of our investments over the 2021/22 financial year. Thanks to the £10 m of investment raised from our 1,700+ investor members as of August 2022, we own nearly 50 renewable energy installations across Oxfordshire. As well as our 48 rooftop solar arrays…

A summary of the contribution we have made during 2021/22 towards the creation of an energy system that’s good for people and good for the planet.