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Oxfordshire County Council

… provide £600m a year in grants and £400m in low interest loans to local authorities to support low-carbon community energy projects. Given the leading work Low Carbon Hub has done on community energy in Oxfordshire, the county is well placed to benefit from this funding.  Regional Energy System Plan (RESP): This is a new regional strategic planning function delivered by the National Energy…

… up to 2022. The data is influenced by both national policy and Oxfordshire interventions such as planning, transport and business activity. Oxfordshire emissions are within the Committee on Climate Change carbon budgets but are not in step with the more ambitious Oxfordshire Leading the Way pathway as set in the Oxfordshire Net Zero Route Map and Action Plan (ONZRMAP). The council needs…

… for a 4-year multi-million pound programme to continue the work programme under LEO was unsuccessful in the current funding round with Ofgem. This partnership project would have allowed continuation of the partnership work between Low Carbon Hub, SSE, Oxford University and the councils to grow the Smart and Fair Neighbourhood trials addressing grid constraints and decarbonising communities…

… and local greenhouse gas emissions reduced in England and Oxfordshire. 16. The Oxfordshire Net Zero Route Map and Action Plan (ONZRMAP) has provided five- yearly countywide carbon budgets which map the county’s total CO2 emissions under a trajectory to net zero in 2050. These budgets were set under the ‘Oxfordshire Leading the Way’ scenario, which combined widespread cultural and behavioural change…

… with high deployment of new local electricity generation. This is an ambitious pathway that goes beyond national commitments, and the carbon budgets reflect this level of ambition. 17. The ONZRMAP requires an annual average reduction of 9% between 2021 and 2025 to stay within the five-year cumulative budget. Divided equally this allows for 3,374 kt CO2 to be emitted each year for the first budget…