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Work begins on developing a local area energy plan for Oxfordshire

27/02/2025

“The six councils of Oxfordshire are joining forces and working with the community to make a plan for a greener, fairer energy system”

Oxfordshire’s district, city and county councils have all joined forces to work together in delivering a local area energy plan for the county.

The aim is to transform the way local energy such as wind and solar is generated, used, and managed, supporting both local and national climate goals.

They will assess how building improvement measures such as insulation and low-carbon heating can reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

At the same time, they will improve the quality of information necessary to plan and deliver the energy we will need from the electricity grid, ensuring homes and businesses can benefit from cleaner, more reliable power in the years to come.

To develop the plans, each authority will work with local communities and businesses to identify projects which will help manage the transition to cleaner energy. These plans will identify specific actions, together with more strategic projects to be delivered at the county level.

Councillor Liz Leffman, Leader of Oxfordshire County Council, said: “It doesn’t make sense to spend energy, and therefore money, transmitting electricity made by burning gas through wires and pylons over miles and miles to people in Shrivenham, for example, when they could use the cheap energy created at a nearby windfarm or excess electricity made on a neighbour’s roof. This is why we need a local area energy plan.

“This project is a fantastic example of what can be achieved when we work together to tackle challenges. The six councils of Oxfordshire are joining forces and working with the community to make a plan for a greener, fairer energy system.”

Published: 27/02/2025 05:26pm by the Banbury FM News Team

Reader's opinions

Rodney Rushton On 27/02/2025 at 8:50 pm

With all the new industrial units being built, especially in Banbury, there are acres and acres of roof spaces that could, and maybe should, have solar panels fitted as standard which would produce the energy to run the particular business with any surplus sent to the National Grid. Or am I being naive?

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