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Bioliquids excluded from Renewable Heat Incentive

...ministers say they will only give RHI support to biomass boilers, air or ground source heat pumps and solar thermal technologies. OFTEC director general Jeremy Hawksley said: ‘”We’re very disappointed...

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OFTEC calls on new government to be ‘more realistic’

...measures such as a boiler scrappage scheme to incentivise the switch to high efficiency condensing boilers. There is still clearly a strong demand for these greener, cheaper to run boilers...

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Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?

...the market for oil boilers predominantly in the replacement sector, OFTEC’s strategy is to retain the present oil-fired boiler market share. Using initiatives such as the Oilsave campaign, OFTEC is...

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Winner of UKIFDA Innovation Award announced

...old boilers, low NOx boilers and Rayburns, to check the renewable fuel works with all of them – and it does. “One of our proudest moments was after we had...

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Industry professionals debate heating strategies

...its current form is the wrong vehicle to move UK homes to renewable heat. An overwhelming 98% also said heat pumps were not a realistic alternative to oil-fired boilers for...

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Oil – the cheapest form of heating since July 2014

...Dawn Shakespeare. “And there’s more homeowners can do to both save energy and save on bills – boilers should be serviced at least once a year to ensure they’re running...