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The evolution of the UK biofuels sector
...– 2008/09 & 2009/10 – the most widely reported source of feed stock was soy, since then it has been used cooking oil. For bioethanol, the most widely reported source...
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Robust growth at Norbert Dentressangle
Chairman of the executive board, Hervé Montjotin, reports an ‘encouraging increase’ in Norbert Dentressangle’s business activities Norbert Dentressangle reported revenues of €2,959 million for the first nine months of 2013,...
News
Oil price at seven-year high amid supply concerns
...crude oil inventories reportedly lower than previously declared, the Ukraine crisis has also fuelled supply concerns resulting in both Brent and WTI hitting their highest levels in seven years. Global...
Opinion
Preparing for a new oil world
...reported that renewable energies might emerge as the winners in the post-covid world. Demand for renewables is set to grow this year, according to a report by the International Energy...
Opinion
Stick or Twist: oil services have crucial choices to make as energy transition accelerates
Oil services companies can no longer delay making a choice on their future direction according to the latest report from PwC Strategy&, called ‘Time to Choose’. The options are to...
News
Banning the internal combustion engine
...society.” The Institution of Mechanical Engineers felt it was imperative to reinforce its findings on Accelerating Road Transport Decarbonisation which was published on 28th January 2020. “In our report, we...
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Fuel poor left out in the cold
...in the UK’s heat policy going forward.” OFTEC and the Bonfield Report Whilst pleased to see the Bonfield Report – an independent review of consumer advice, protection, standards and enforcement...
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Task force to take action on UK refining and fuel import issues
...review followed DECC’s call for evidence in May 2013 on the role of the UK refining and fuel import sectors. This prompted a report from the Energy & Climate Change...
News
Investment values Argus at nearly £1bn
Earlier this week Argus, the global energy and commodity price reporting agency, announced that a definitive agreement had been signed with General Atlantic. The agreement gives General Atlantic a majority...
News
Great news for oil boilers
...for 2017’. www.grantuk.com For the seventh consecutive year, the Greenstar range from the Worcester, Bosch Group, has come out top in the Which? boiler report. And, for the first year...
Opinion
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...already playing a significant role in meeting societal targets for decarbonisation, and UKPIA launched its report – “Transition, Transformation, and Innovation: Our role in the Net-Zero Challenge” in October, which sets...
News
A hike in fuel duty?
Sajid Javid has promised to continue to freeze fuel duty in the lifetime of this parliament Having seen an ‘ill-informed report in the Guardian’ earlier this week, the FairFuelUK campaign...
News
Customer service – a top priority
...response to a recent Which? report. The new survey by Which? reveals the nation’s best and worst energy companies whilst a report by the Customer Engagement Initiative (CEI) says the...
News
Mandatory technology to prevent ‘blind-spot’ deaths?
Collision-avoidance technologies should be made mandatory for all UK trucks and buses by 2015, according to a new report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME). HGVs make up...
Insight
Fuelling commercial road transport: the future energy mix
...UK report, published in late 2021, entitled ‘Transport Vision for 2050’. HGVs: The two principal options considered in the above report are (1) battery electric and (2) hydrogen, about which...
News
Heating oil theft falls
...longer one of the top five most commonly stolen items in rural areas of the UK. The NFU Mutual Rural Crime Report 2016 shows that the overall cost of thefts...
News
Heat in buildings – joint statement on the government’s future framework
...Annual Report which showed the number of fuel poor households in England alone has risen by 210,000 to 2.55 million. “The report highlighted how financial assistance would be needed by...
News
Kerosene – community buying
FON recently reported on a Shropshire-based charity that had secured a government grant to help people join a fuel-buying scheme. The £3000 grant is being used to make...