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Cheaper heating bills for oil households

...gas grid homes. According to the Sutherland Tables, a recognised source of data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, the current annual cost of using oil to heat a three...

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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...

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What future for heating oil?

...for domestic heating, representing 6% of the total heating fuel market. LPG use as domestic fuel accounted for a further circa 200,000 households. In comparison, natural gas is used by...
The Downstream Oil Industry Distributor Forum elaborates on changes made to ensure the PDP Scheme meets the specific needs of the home heat sector.

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PDP Scheme acts on home heat sector concerns

...needs of the home heat sector. Covid and the restrictions on training must have been challenging for the Scheme, what did you do? When we went into lockdown in March...

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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...

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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...

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Oil-fired heating – time to back the most cost-effective option  

Offering the best decarbonisation solution for oil heated homes, OFTEC says it’s time for government to back low carbon liquid fuels as the most practical, cost-effective solution.   OFTEC’s recently released ‘Industrial Strategy for decarbonising oil heated homes’ underlines...

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A compelling case for oil-fired heating

...has been put forward by OFTEC in its response to the government’s ‘Heat in Buildings: The Future of Heat in Domestic Buildings’ consultation. OFTEC’s submission focused on the urgent need...

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New heating oil website launched

...(FPS) and OFTEC have also teamed up to launch www.oilsave.org.uk to campaign to protect the market share for oil heating and cooking, due to go live on 1 November. www.heatingoil.co.uk www.oilsave.org.uk...

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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...
The fundamental importance of data.

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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,...
Ken Cronin CEO UKIFDA

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – time to reflect

...been working diligently to ensure that the major party manifestos address the need for a heat policy that includes the widest possible set of solutions for heat decarbonisation. This work...

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Northern Ireland – an overdependence on oil?

...same benefits for tenants as it did in previous policy periods. Among the questions being asked are: Oil heating is clean and efficient but requires bulk fill ups which are...