Freeland Energy Group

In 2023 a small group of residents, united by the desire to tackle climate change, came together to form Freeland Energy Group – encouraging energy reduction and increasing renewable energy generation in the Freeland area of West Oxfordshire.

The group were originally part of an initiative begun by Freeland Parish Council called Resilient Freeland, which considered all aspects of climate change, including nature recovery, energy efficiency, recycling and transport.

Freeland Energy Group is an important part of CAPZero – the Community Action Plan for Zero Carbon Energy – which aims to implement the first local energy action plan at a community level, in the Cuckoo Lane Primary Substation Area (PSA). Freeland is one of eight parishes that make up the PSA, and the only one that lies entirely within it.