Opinion
Will rising fuel prices accelerate the switch to renewables?
...can play a key part in decarbonisation and the transition to net zero in the coming decades. The image shows a farm utilising an off-grid battery storage system designed by...
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Opinion
OFTEC disappointed with lack of support for HVO in Queen’s speech
In this statement of response to the Queen’s speech, Malcolm Farrow, head of public affairs at OFTEC, urges Government to ensure a just transition for rural off-grid properties by supporting...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...home heating. The Chancellor is being urged to use his upcoming Statement to show he is on the side of off-grid homes and businesses. The Statement, which is due on...
Opinion
Time to ‘axe the tax’ on renewable liquid heating fuels
...increasingly clear the only solution to achieving the UK’s net zero ambitions is a pragmatic one. The diversity of off-grid housing stock lends itself to a multi technology solution. It’s...
News
HVO boost as biofuel boiler wins best renewable energy product
...a seamless transition for existing liquid fuel users and a simple option for Government to reduce carbon emissions in the off-grid sector. If all the c.700 thousand oil fired homes...
Interview
In profile with Adam Franklin of Greenergy Flexigrid
...facts. This month we chat with Adam Franklin, CEO of Greenergy Flexigrid. Give your career history in 25 words or fewer. 35 years operational, functional and general management roles in...
Insight
Key challenges and opportunities facing the fuel distributor
...high-carbon fossil fuels to heat homes that are not connected to the gas grid in England from 2026 and non-domestic buildings not connected to the gas grid from 2024. Households...
News
Top rating for 50th ECO Stars member, Greenergy Flexigrid
The Thurrock ECO Stars fleet recognition scheme is celebrating its 50th member with the sign up of Greenergy Flexigrid, who has been awarded a top rating of five stars. The...
News
An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...impressed by the work the industry has done on the winter trials,” said Ken Cronin, president of UKIFDA. “Both the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the National Grid Future Energy...
News
Showcasing oil heating’s future
There are two million off-grid homes in the UK and Ireland. Over the next 20 years, these homes will slowly but surely need to decarbonise. Along the way, greater energy...
News
Helping with Ireland’s energy transition
...for everyone committed to cutting carbon in Ireland, our members currently deliver heating oil to 686,000 households, mainly in rural and off-grid locations where a great deal of consideration must...
News
Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...replaced and so continue to benefit from using the cheapest fuel for the off-grid sector. Latest industry figures from Sutherland Tables show the four-year average price of heating oil in Great Britain...
News
OFT boosts transparency on heating oil prices
...from its 2011 Off-Grid Energy Market Study, which identified concerns that some suppliers may not be treating their customers fairly. Mary Starks, senior director in the OFT’s services, infrastructure and...
News
UKIFDA announces new chief executive
...in the industry and stakeholders we will continue to urge governments to put a clear pathway in place, from which our industry will respond to the supply challenge.” Off-grid communities...
News
Fay takes over as OFTEC chairman
With copies of OFTEC’s Vision for the future of off-grid domestic heating in England and Wales, Niall Fay (l) with OFTEC CEO Paul Rose Photo by ©Andrew Higgins 2017 OFTEC...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Governments need to be here to help
...grid. We know from research commissioned for the UK Government that this is a real problem in rural communities. At 90% capacity (to provide for redundancy), nearly 25% of the...
Insight
What future for heating oil?
Current perspectives The recent (2011) OFT Off-Grid Energy Study assessed that approximately four million UK households were not connected to the gas grid, of which around 1.6 million use kerosene...
News
Industry unites to discuss the future of liquid fuel heating
...has been made since OFTEC’s strategy for the future of off-grid heating was officially launched at last year’s conference and AGM,” said Paul Rose. “A year ago we were talking...