The billion pound Bristol baby - what is City Leap and what does it mean for residents?

It is touted as the biggest deal of its kind in British history, with a headline figure for the partnership between Bristol City Council and US giants Ameresco put at £1 billion. It's an eye-watering sum for the city of Bristol to be ‘decarbonised’, but what exactly is Bristol City Leap, how does it work, and what difference is it going to make to Bristol?

Until now the Bristol City Leap project - for the vast majority of people in Bristol - has had little impact. Its £1 billion deal has created headlines and troubled the city’s political twitterers, but in terms of visible change for the city, few would be able to describe who or what it is.

Until now, the biggest, most high-profile project has be

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