Low Carbon Hub is adding the UK’s first community-owned solar battery to our Ray Valley Solar Park in Oxfordshire. By investing in the Community Energy Fund, you can support this project, earn a fair return, and be part of the next phase of supporting clean energy.

Ray Valley Solar is one the UK’s largest community-owned solar parks, generating enough clean electricity to power 7,000 homes a year. It has significantly outperformed expectations since 2022. The site is managed as working land, with solar generation alongside grazing and wildlife habitat.

But right now, not all of the energy generated can be used when it’s needed most. That’s why we’re adding new battery storage to the site, so more of that clean power can be stored, released later when its most needed, and put to work for community benefit, supporting local projects and communities across Oxfordshire.

Ray Valley Solar is currently projected to generate approximately £13 million in community benefit over its lifetime, based on our existing financial forecasts. Adding solar battery storage is expected to increase the lifetime surplus available for community benefit by over £1 million.

Invest today and help make it happen

You can invest from £100 and help support the next phase of renewable energy. In return for your support, we offer our investors a 5% target interest rate.

We are working with ethical investment platform Ethex on this share offer. If you’d like to invest, you’ll be taken to their website to complete the investment.