Oxfordshire celebrated as champion for local energy innovations on COP26 bus tour

Tuesday 26 Oct 2021
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Oxfordshire has been heralded as a energy champion in the fight against climate change as the UK prepares to host the COP26 summit next month.

SSE Road To Renewables COP26 Electric Bus Tour visits Broad Street in Oxford to celebrate Project LEO. Credit Stuart Nicol (1)

A fully electric double-decker bus pulled into Oxford City Centre on 19 October (pictured) on the first stop of a ‘Road to Renewables’ nationwide tour.

Showcasing some of the most innovative clean energy projects, the tour is organised by renewable energy leader SSE and bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis.

The COP26-branded bus, built in Britain by Alexander Dennis and BYD, 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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