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Industry professionals debate heating strategies
...thermal systems, with biomass to follow later this year. OFTEC has again called for a more pragmatic approach and continues to lobby for an alternative approach, including a simple boiler...
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Clean Heat Grant proposed to accelerate low carbon heating
...and, in limited circumstances, biomass and would replace the Domestic RHI tariff scheme which is due to close on March 31, 2022. In its introduction to the consultation BEIS highlights...
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UKIFDA submits views on Scottish Commission’s work plan
...properties. “The cost of retrofitting homes to make them suitable for heat pumps or biomass technology is often high,” explains Guy. “Many homeowners would be better off making step changes...
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CCUS: why the UK needs it for net zero
...hard to decarbonise industries Large industrial facilities such as power plants that use fossil fuels or biomass can be retrofitted to capture the CO2 they produce, if it is not...
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Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...good as biomass (the government’s preferred non electric solution). “Our industry is undertaking trials of liquid biofuels across the UK (similar to the gas industry undertaking hydrogen trials) and we...
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Mazda establishes race circuit benchmarks using fossil-free sustainable fuel
...biodiesel is created using biomass such as plants and microalgae. As they absorb CO2 when growing, the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is neutral when you drive with...
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Certification formalises industry supplier’s investment in decarbonisation
...the local biomass power station, so requiring no power from the National Grid. • State-of-the-art test bay equipped with high resolution cameras allowing remote witness testing of pumps, eliminating the...
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Government grant for new OXCCU jet fuel project
...with biogenic CO2 captured from biomass combustion and H2 produced on site from electrolysis using green electricity. The fuel is then blended via Coryton to produce a fuel of Jet...
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People are the passion at Craggs Energy
...thermal, biomass, wind, hydro and ground source heat pumps. Craggs Energy isn’t scared of adapting for the future, but individuals, their personalities and enthusiasm, will always take centre stage. www.craggsenergy.co.uk...
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OFTEC: Time for open debate on off grid heat decarbonisation
...whilst only supporting a narrow choice of technology options, primarily heat pumps and biomass boilers. These solutions work well in some settings and heat pumps, in particular, will play an...
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Phillips 66 extends renewable diesel offer to forecourts
...similar to conventional fossil fuel-based diesel but derived from biomass sources such as used cooking oil, fats, greases and vegetable oils resulting in a fuel of significantly lower carbon intensity...
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An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...by around 88% – a huge reduction and greater than both heat pumps and biomass systems. If our industry can provide governments with the evidence that HVO offers a low...
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Government portal opens for Alternative Fuel Payment applications
...of the two million people across the UK who use fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass to heat their homes should have received their...
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First biomethane refuelling station in Southeast England will cut HGV emissions
...renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for decarbonising HGVs, comes just days after the UK Government published its long-awaited biomass strategy. The strategy backed biomethane as an attractive fuel for HGVs and other...
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German manufacturer enters UK off-grid oil boiler market
...right for the Vitorondens boiler to be more widely introduced into the UK as an alternative to biomass and LPG boilers for off-grid customers and where renewable options aren’t always...
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Government is open for business
...last for four years, will be extended to cover other fuel types such as LPG, solid fuel, and biomass and will also include lubricants and greases. Additionally CCS is making...
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Heat in buildings – joint statement on the government’s future framework
...air source heat pumps (with radiators) at £1,805 per year or with underfloor heating at £1380, and biomass (wood pellets) at £1,548 per annum. “We were particularly concerned by the...
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Delivering SAF at scale: a sector investing in future production
...fuels don’t need biomass or other feedstocks that may have limited availability or come with risks of environmental damage. They do need a lot of energy though, both for production...