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
About the Project
Project LEO – Local Energy Oxfordshire – is running trials in Oxfordshire to build a broad range of reliable evidence of the technological, market and social conditions needed for a greener, more flexible, and fair electricity system
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Read more about our Trials in the case studies below
- Asset led trial
Asset led trial:Rose Hill battery trials
This trial aims to understand how a small battery can provide flexibility to the energy network. Background Rose Hill is a residential area on the Southern outskirts of Oxford. The road is part of a historic route from Oxford to London via Henley, running parallel to the river Isis (the name of the Thames in… - Place based trial
Place based trial:Rose Hill Smart and Fair Neighbourhood Trial
The Rose Hill Smart and Fair Neighbourhood trial seeks to understand how flexibility services at the ‘grid edge’ – where we use energy in our homes and businesses – could potentially help a community move to net zero carbon in a way that’s fair, equitable, and inclusive. Background Rose Hill is a largely residential community… - Place based trial
Place based trial:Osney Island Smart and Fair Neighbourhood Trial
A group of households and businesses on Osney Island have signed up with Project LEO to generate and store their own electricity. They will share data on how this reduces demand on the local distribution network. We will also work with residents to understand the impacts and opportunities for small dense urban environments to make…
- Featured Blog
Blog:Collective action in the face of climate change
The latest report released at the end of February 2022 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focuses on the impacts of global heating and our adaptation to the changes this is creating. The report reveals stark findings collated by scientists and researchers on the impact of rising global temperatures. The sixth IPCC report…
- Featured Report
Report:Barriers and Opportunities: Market Trials Recruitment
Project LEO is producing a series of Barriers and Opportunities Reports throughout the project. This short report focusses on observations made about barriers and opportunities to recruitment to the LEO trials, based on information gathered at three online webinars/workshops. Only by identifying these barriers are we able to address them, where this is within the…
- Featured News
News:Eynsham Neighbourhood Plan
The Parish Council in Eynsham is in the process of updating the 2018 Neighbourhood Plan. This is a vital opportunity for the whole community to shape their future and ensure that a sustainable energy policy is included. If you live in the Eynsham parish area you can have your say and take part in the…
LEO partners
Project LEO is a collaborative project crossing business, academia, social enterprises, and local authorities. It is part funded through the Industrial Strategy Challenge fund to support
the global move to renewable energy called: Prospering From the Energy Revolution (PFER).
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