A fully electric bus stopped off in Oxford on its first stop of a ‘Road to Renewables' nationwide tour, as the UK prepares to host the climate summit next month.

The COP26-branded bus, built in Britain by Alexander Dennis, stopped off in Oxford as part of the two-week tour to mark the success of Project LEO (Local Energy Oxfordshire) in putting Oxfordshire front and centre of the clean energy transition.

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With 100,000 new homes planned in the county between 2016 and 2031, Project LEO is testing ways to balance supply as the demand for electricity grows.

Tim Sadler, Chairman of the Low Carbon Hub, a social enterprise utilising its community owned assets to deliver the Project LEO trials, said: “The ‘Road to Renewables’ tour is a reminder that we are all part of COP26 and have a role to play in its objectives to reduce global emissions. In Oxfordshire, Project LEO is a beacon initiative that puts communities and partnership at the heart of the energy transition.”

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