{"id":3190,"date":"2025-08-15T10:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T10:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2025-08-15T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:24:51","slug":"uks-first-all-electric-football-stadium-set-to-be-built-for-oxford-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/uks-first-all-electric-football-stadium-set-to-be-built-for-oxford-united\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s &#8220;first all-electric football stadium&#8221; set to be built for Oxford United"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"852\" height=\"852\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-homepage_article_featured size-homepage_article_featured lazyload\" alt=\"Oxford United Football Club stadium by Ridge and Partners and AFL Architects\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sq-electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects_dezeen_2364_col_1-852x852-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Architecture studio AFL Architects and consultancy Ridge and Partners have revealed plans for a 16,000-seat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/stadiums\/\">stadium<\/a> powered entirely by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/renewable-energy\/\">renewable energy<\/a>, which will be the new home for Oxford United Football Club.<span id=\"more-2237070\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With planning approval granted by Cherwell District Council, <a href=\"https:\/\/ridge.co.uk\/who-we-are\/\">Ridge and Partners<\/a> claimed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/football\/\">football<\/a> stadium is set to be &#8220;the most sustainable mid-sized sports venue in the UK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2237134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237134\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2237134 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Oxford United Football Club stadium by Ridge and Partners and AFL Architects\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects_dezeen_2364_col_4.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Planning has been granted for a football stadium in Oxford powered by renewable energy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ridge and Partners carried out the planning, sustainability and transport strategy, and worked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afl-architects.com\/\">AFL Architects<\/a> to design the stadium, which aims to provide amenities to the local community and give an economic boost to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oufc.co.uk\/\">Oxford United Football Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Situated north of the city centre near Oxford Parkway train station, outside of areas with heritage constraints, it will be powered by renewable energy from photovoltaic panels and an air-source heat pump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2237133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237133\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2237133 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Stadium in Oxford by Ridge and Partners and AFL Architects\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects_dezeen_2364_col_3.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was designed by Ridge and Partners with AFL Architects<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;As the first all-electric stadium in the UK, it will operate entirely on renewable energy, integrating 3,500 square metres of roof-mounted photovoltaic panels to help reduce the impact on the national grid during matchdays,&#8221; said Ridge and Partners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An air-source heat pump and energy-efficient building fabric will remove the need for carbon-based fuels and provide an 80 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions per year compared with gas boilers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-in-article-wrapper\" id=\"recommended-item-single-story\">\n<article class=\"related-in-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/03\/11\/manchester-united-stadium-foster-partners\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Can this image be in the exclude lightbox list? --><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"excludeLightbox wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Manchester United stadium by Foster + Partners\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/foster-partners-manchester-united-stadium_dezeen_2364_col_0-191x191-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article-text\">\n<h1>Read:<\/h1>\n<h2>Foster + Partners unveils 100,000-seat stadium for Manchester United<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Oxford United stadium will replace the football club&#8217;s current Kassam Stadium, located towards the south of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Renders reveal a stadium with a gently sloping roof and curved corners partially clad in blue panels. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/green-roofs\/\">Green roofs<\/a> top a single-storey glazed volume, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/green-walls\/\">green walls<\/a> provide additional planted areas.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2237131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237131\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2237131 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Oxford United stadium by Ridge and Partners and AFL Architects\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1669\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects_dezeen_2364_col_1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ridge and Partners claims it will be the first all-electric stadium in the UK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aiming to facilitate events on non-match days, the stadium&#8217;s wider masterplan will include a 1,000-capacity events space, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/hotels\/\">hotel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/tag\/restaurants\/\">restaurant<\/a>, health and wellbeing centre and public outdoor space.<\/p>\n<p>Spaces dedicated to the football club&#8217;s charity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ouitc.org\/\">Oxford United in the Community<\/a>, will also be located in the stadium.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2237130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237130\" style=\"width: 2364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2237130 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Oxford United Football Club stadium by Ridge and Partners and AFL Architects\" width=\"2364\" height=\"1576\" data-src=\"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects_dezeen_2364_col_0.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It will have a capacity of 16,000 spectators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Intending to improve local biodiversity, outdoor areas designed by landscape architecture studio <a href=\"https:\/\/fabrikuk.com\/\">Fabrik<\/a> will include trees, beehives, ponds and wildflower meadows.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This project is more than a stadium \u2013 it is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to secure the future of Oxford&#8217;s only professional club and deliver lasting social benefits for Oxford&#8217;s communities at the same time,&#8221; said Ridge and Partners planning partner Giles Brockbank.<\/p>\n<p>Other football stadium designs recently featured on Dezeen include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/03\/11\/manchester-united-stadium-foster-partners\/\">Foster and Partners&#8217; plan for a 100,000-seat stadium for Manchester United<\/a>, which is set to become the UK&#8217;s largest stadium, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/07\/23\/populous-estadio-da-luz-benfica-stadium-led-facade\/\">Populous&#8217;s design to update Benfica stadium<\/a> in Portugal with an LED facade.<\/p>\n<p><em>The images are courtesy of Ridge and Partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2025\/08\/15\/electric-stadium-oxford-united-football-club-ridge-partners-afl-architects\/\">UK&#8217;s &#8220;first all-electric football stadium&#8221; set to be built for Oxford United<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\">Dezeen<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Architecture studio AFL Architects and consultancy Ridge and Partners have revealed plans for a 16,000-seat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3199,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3190\/revisions\/3199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}