South Oxfordshire solar farm plan. Picture: Enso Energy A LARGE solar farm could soon be built on land near Oxford. Proposals for a solar farm and battery storage facility to the south west of Cowley Substation in Nuneham Courtenay have been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council. Enso Green Holdings Limited, a joint venture between Enso Energy and the Green Investment Group, has put in the plans and say the site, off the A4074, could generate enough power for the equivalent of 13,000 homes each year. It would be built on 139 hectares, comprising the grid connection cable route to the Cowley Substation and six large adjoining fields.
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FOUR electric vehicle charging points are to be installed in Henley but a town-wide solution needs more investigation.
Town councillors have agreed to put the fast-
charging devices in the Mill Meadows car park but have not yet agreed a supplier after hearing there was an opportunity for the council to earn money from them.
A report to the recreation and amenities committee had recommended using renewable energy firm JoJu, which would pay for the installation of the machines.
The contract would last 15 years, or until six times the capital costs had been returned, whichever was the sooner, and then the charging points would be owned by the council.