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Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels

...to be taken towards a transition to 100% biofuel to replace heating oil in 1.5m homes across the UK and 686,000 homes across Ireland.   The three trade associations will...

Interview

A better strategy for Irish distributors

Having read January’s Irish column ‘with interest’, a concerned Irish distributor sent the following tongue in cheek comment. We Republic of Ireland (RoI) distributors are currently experiencing something of a bloodbath...
Ken Cronin CEO UKIFDA

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: “Dae Ye Ken?”

...heating will place upon it. I am not here to criticise anyone. Ensuring that energy is available in the right place, at the right time, and in sufficient quantities is...

Interview

Oil v gas

With heating oil consumption already in decline in Northern Ireland, plans to extend the gas network are not a welcome development to distributors already under pressure reports Irish correspondent, Aine...

Opinion

Should FPS and OFTEC move closer together?

Designed to boost the oil heating industry, the Oilsave campaign is a joint initiative between OFTEC and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. Should the two organisations do more together? Brian...

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Low carbon fuels are deliverable

...their potential to deliver carbon reductions over different timescales. The research also compares the decarbonisation potential of biofuels with other low carbon heating options in oil-heated homes. The modelling, which...

Insight

Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’

...high oil heating numbers with a high Conservative majority. The constituency data is interesting, it reveals that 11,000 homes use oil, which is more than twice the national average. 25%...
Rachel Reeves

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Spending review reinforces Labour’s green agenda 

...efficiency of millions of homes and supporting the switch to cleaner heating alternatives, customers can expect warmer and more comfortable homes, cleaner air and cheaper bills – showing how the...

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August update

...in the midst of the heating oil season (Jan 2014), but for an industry already under pressure to prove its consumer value versus other methods of heating, a jump of...

Interview

Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years

...Heating – which undertook domestic installations and enabled further growth in the market.” This perfect partnership is another example of a company that has, from the start, moved with the...

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Ensuring the new government hears FPS members

...find life difficult.  So, as part of my role, I want to ensure that the pros and cons of the different ways of purchasing heating oil are understood and communicated...

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Loyal to oil – Watson Petroleum customers

A survey of 750 oil-using homes by Watson Petroleum and OFTEC earlier this year has revealed that oil heating remains a popular choice with few owners thinking of switching. Of...

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Fuelling regional growth in the Northern Powerhouse  

...assist in the improvement of local air quality Certas Energy has become an official partner of the Northern Powerhouse, joining the  partnership to support improvements in fuel efficiency, transportation and...

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Alpeco – Intake Cabinet

...elements are detected, LC Sound signals the metering system to slow or momentarily stop the flow, until the air or gas has been evacuated through the inbuilt air/gas release. www.alpeco.co.uk...
Fuels Industry UK

Insight

The UK fuel industry: latest statistical analysis

...from 2% in 2025 to 10% in 2030, and then to 22% in 2040. The mandate is part of the government’s “jet-zero” strategy to decarbonise air travel, but there are...

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Oil pipeline repair could take up to four weeks 

...of the UK’s offshore natural gas output.  A repair and oil spill response team was mobilised in early December after a very small amount of oil seepage was reported. Measures to contain...