At the beginning of the year, the University of Oxford opened its doors to a new world-leading multi-disciplinary hub and co-working space at Holywell House, Osney Mead. The unique workspace is now home to Oxford-based Project LEO partners, including two research groups, Low Carbon Hub and SSEN. The Energy Systems Accelerator Pilot – better known…

Project LEO is working closely with the SSEN-led TRANSITION project running flexibility market trials, testing how a real-life market for delivering flexibility services might work. As part of Project LEO, we are running three trial periods, each of growing complexity, to enable us to test the trading of a range of different flexibility services. This…

The global climate conference in Glasgow closed last week and we’re really pleased that our project – Local Energy Oxfordshire – was strongly represented.  Project LEO is proving that flexibility that at the grid edge can be a powerful strategy to accelerate the transition to a zero carbon energy system. From the Road to Renewables Bus Tour, to the…

The Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership (ZCOP) is a group of the Oxford’s largest and most significant organisations, including a number of the Project LEO consortium, coming together to collaborate on carbon reduction and tackle the climate emergency. Its creation and mission came out of Oxford City Council’s Zero Carbon Oxford Summit in February this year,…

Project Local Energy Oxfordshire (LEO), an ambitious and innovative smart grid project has passed a significant project review milestone and has been awarded an extension from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Project LEO now has the green light to undertake flexibility market trials across Oxfordshire to support the transition to a smart and low-carbon energy…

We’ve published our latest newsletter. Read about the new ground-mount solar park in Oxfordshire – Ray Valley Solar – plus opportunities to take part in flexibility market trials, and much much more. If you haven’t yet subscribed to our newsletter you can do that here. Click on the download to read the full newsletter.

The LEO newsletter summarises the most recent developments in the project from all ten partners. In this newsletter: Ray Valley Solar In the market for an opportunity? PFER webinar – data and digitalisation Fairness and equitability – an ethical framework Make your resolution for a better future Join our mailing list, and Working with the…

The LEO newsletter summarises the most recent developments in the project from all ten partners. In this newsletter: Celebrating a milestone – the Innovate UK assessment, Investing in green energy for Oxfordshire’s future Local Energy ‘Ecosystems’ COVID-19 – three month project extension Spreading the LEO news, What is demand side response? Welcoming Charlotte Hewes to…

Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire), led by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), has been given the green light to progress to the next stage of delivering a smarter energy system in Oxfordshire. Project LEO brings together significant local, academic and industry experience and expertise, to undertake one of the most wide-ranging and holistic smart…

Welcome to our second Project LEO programme update, which includes information on activities that took place in Q3 & Q4. These updates will be produced quarterly and will include key findings or updates from the partners as they arise. Click on the Download to read the full update.

Our third Project LEO newsletter is now available to download.  Hear more from the project partners on the work taken place so far, and the upcoming targets including the first Vehicle to Grid charging stations for Project LEO. Click the Download to read the full newsletter.

Our second Project LEO newsletter is now available to download. Find out what the partners have been working on including information about the first LEO renewable energy project going live. Click on the download to read the newsletter in full.