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
Read more about our Trials in the case studies below
- Place based trial
Place based trial:Home-Owner Pioneers for Energy (HOPE) Group
This trial aims to explore the role and impact individual households can have in a smart local energy system and delivering flexibility services. Background Households are at the centre of the local energy system for their sheer number and, most importantly, because it’s where people live. The transformation of the energy system to zero carbon… - Place based trial
Place based trial:Eynsham Smart and Fair Futures
The Eynsham Smart and Fair Neighbourhood trial is aiming to develop a Zero Carbon Energy Action Plan for the Eynsham primary substation area as well as develop plans for its long-term governance structure. Background The Eynsham area has a huge amount of new housing development in the works. There are 2,200 new homes planned plus… - Place based trial
Place based trial:Deddington and Duns Tew Smart and Fair Neighbourhood
Deddington and Duns Tew Smart and Fair Neighbourhood is a trial aiming to understand how we can enable a zero carbon future for a rural community with planning constraints. Deddington is a large Oxfordshire village that is partially off the gas network; Duns Tew is a much smaller community and is completely off the network.…
- Featured Blog
Blog:What is the grid edge and why is it important?
In Project LEO we are focused on understanding how flexibility at the ‘grid edge’ – where energy is put to use – can help us reach our net zero carbon ambitions as well as bring value to people, communities, and the energy network. What is the grid edge? The grid edge refers to the ‘edge’…
- Featured Report
Report:Community of MPANs
This report introduces the concept of the ‘Community of MPANs’ a way for communities to work collectively at the ‘grid edge – where we use electricity in our homes and businesses – in order to aid the transition to a net zero energy system. The Grid Edge will become the epicentre of the energy system…
- Featured News
News:LEO land use map moves to next stage
The LEO land use map draws together a wide range of energy and land use data into a single web-based map currently available to LEO partners. Knowing where energy is used and generated across the county, and where we’re most likely to see changes over time will help support strategic place-based planning for the transition…
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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