Community gets charged up!

A community energy group has raised £440,000 to help build the UK’s first community-owned battery alongside a community-owned solar farm.Low Carbon Hub, a social enterprise in Oxfordshire, has now secured 80% of its £500,000 community investment target for battery storage at Ray Valley Solar near Bicester.The solar park, launched in 2022, is one of the largest community-owned solar sites and can generate enough clean electricity to power around 7,000 homes.The new battery will