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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...
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Opinion
Business and energy minister backs winter fuel readiness campaign
...they will help. Similarly, if you have elderly neighbours or friends who also use heating oil to heat their homes, encourage them to sign up and stay warm all winter....
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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...
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...
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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...
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
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...
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Landmark hydrogen conference to take delegates on journey to net zero
...had to rely on a patchwork of grants and policy levers that share no clear strategy to link and progress all aspects of a hydrogen transport network over the medium...
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Over 100 companies add signatures of support to industry letter to Secretary of State
...that reduce energy demands, utilising technologies such as electric heat pumps and electric vehicles. • Hydrogen Evolution: Net zero is met through fast progress for hydrogen in industry and heat....
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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...
Insight
Transition talk with Peter Davidson of the Tank Storage Association
...are essential to our daily lives, including transport and heating fuels, chemicals, animal feed and foodstuffs. Terminals also provide greater resilience within the supply chain by ensuring flexibility to meet...
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Green Biofuels launches Ireland’s first low-carbon fuel terminal
...to Ireland’s cleaner energy infrastructure for transport and generator power, further accelerating the transition to Net Zero. GBF has supplied in excess of 200 million litres of its flagship product,...
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...