News
Oil-fired homes – the clear winners
...existing buildings in the Republic of Ireland. “Oil prices have tumbled once more, making oil heating the cheapest form of home heating regardless of location, type of property and whether...
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Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...the deadline for responses is this Sunday (29th April). Under the new proposals, oil-heated households will still be eligible to fit energy efficiency measures such as insulation and heating controls...
Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
...heating season, is putting pressure on the sector, as people use their central heating as a last resort. “People are burning turf or whatever fuel they can and supplementing this...
News
Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
...of heat pumps, but we believe they need to look at alternatives as this is not feasible due to the high installation and running costs of heat pumps for off...
Opinion
Call for certainty on renewable liquid fuel
...the below statement. The recognition that not every home off the gas grid will be suitable for a heat pump and will require an alternative low carbon heating solution is...
News
HART Plumbing acquisition sees Rix extend renewable offering
...is headquartered in Two Humber Quays on the city’s waterfront, has acquired Driffield company HART Plumbing & Heating, which will become Rix Plumbing Services as part of the deal. The...
Insight
How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...heating oil continues to be a material source of fuel/energy for heating purposes. Rationalisation of the refinery network has been pursued with particular urgency over the past five years with...
News
16% bioenergy needed to safeguard UK energy security
...solutions for the decarbonisation of hard to treat areas like heat and transport. As well as delivering a further 117 TWh across heat and power, sustainably doubling the deployment of...
News
ECO3 – oil is included!
...only applies to broken boilers not First Time Central Heating (FTCH). Oil boilers will not be allowed under first time central heating (FTCH), district heating, solid walled homes minimum, rural...
News
EOGB announces support for OFTEC strategy
...shipping and aviation as well as commercial off-grid heating. With development and production ongoing, it is anticipated that a low carbon liquid fuel for heating could be readily available in...
News
A more diverse energy era for OFTEC
...transition to low carbon heat. We want to help forward thinking oil installation businesses to expand their customer reach. “The Heating and Renewables Roadshows present an excellent opportunity to showcase...
News
Fighting fuel poverty in the Midlands
...£11,594 to four National Energy Action (NEA) Heat Heroes Award winners. Organised by NEA, which works to end fuel poverty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Heat Heroes Awards...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Governments need to be here to help
...networks would be overloaded on a typical winter’s day and 35% on a 1 in 20 winter peak day in the areas carrying heat pumps. Both main parties have pledged...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: why change for the sake of change is not the change we need
...as a secondary heating source in many homes. Indeed, nearly a quarter of detached homes in Finland still use wood as the main heat source (all of this ignores wood...
News
The case for low carbon fuels
When it comes to heating their off-grid homes, “cost will remain the most crucial consideration for homeowners who want quick, affordable solutions” says Paul Rose In decarbonising heat from rural...
Insight
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’
...costs, will have undoubtedly played a crucial role in determining voting choices in rural communities. Selby and Ainsty in Yorkshire is what I call a typical oil-heated constituency – rural,...
Opinion
Is there a place for biofuels in Ireland’s future energy strategy?
...hard, and recent developments are encouraging. Ahead of the Department for Economy (DfE), Energy Branch heat consultation we provided up-to-date information on biofuels, and they readily admitted that there is...
News
Government proposes Energy Bill amendment in response to industry calls to incentivise HVO
...Fuels campaign. Recognising widespread concerns over the potential financial impacts on rural off-grid homeowners of the proposed 2026 oil boiler ban and a ‘heat pump’ first strategy, the amendment, if...