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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.

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,...
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...

News

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...

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Oil boilers – big uptake in Northern Ireland

...homes use heating oil as their primary heating source but over 80% are being heated by older, inefficient boilers. The response has been very positive among oil users with 2,961...

Opinion

Funding will accelerate alternative fuels

...extremely narrow margins,” he says. “While our members are committed to switching to cleaner alternative fuels from diesel, the cost of a new alternatively fuelled HGV makes them challenging for...

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Stanlow secures government backing

A new project that forms part of Essar’s plans to decarbonise the Stanlow Refinery in North West England has secured a £7.2m grant from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. The...
The future of the UK's refineries

Opinion

The future for the UK’s refineries

...cleaner fuels among key challenges faced. Now, with the target to meet net zero by 2050 putting particular emphasis on the need to decarbonise operations and products, the sector faces...

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Certas’ Isle of Wight depot recommended for approval

...East Cowes. Certas said the fuel depot would supply road diesel, red diesel, kerosene and industrial and home heating oil for Island homes and businesses. IW Council planning officers say...

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A shining light in the fuel industry

Celebrating on the OAMPS Petrochemical stand at FPS EXPO are Duncan Grant, the newly appointed FPS president with the winning Flynn Fuels’ tanker driver Ciaran Quinn and runner up Raymond...

Interview

Celebrating 50 golden years of Peak Oil

...“As the business expanded, I bought my first new tanker in 1974 and was granted planning permission to build a depot at Sheepbridge Industrial estate and the business relocated there...