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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors

...manufacturers and installers, heating oil today represents a safe and responsible fuel choice. However, recently the sale of counterfeit oil monitoring equipment on an internet auction website was discovered, with...

Opinion

The Distributor Debate

...to adopt renewables and numbers of community buying schemes climbing – join in the debate on the future of oil heating. Many industry experts have committed to attending, while others...
Ambitions for the future from Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA

Interview

An interview with Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA

...to build in 2023. In Ireland, we have made progress with the launch of the Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating and the AECOM report. And the frustrations? Without a doubt,...

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Oil heating is more competitive

...of heating an average three-bedroom home with oil, electricity or wood pellets. The results coincide with the announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that the number...

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EOGB hits out at oil’s exclusion from ECO funding

...acknowledge ongoing innovation in the oil heating sector, following proposals to exclude oil from the next round of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. The proposed changes to ECO, which...

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Products and markets

...range consists of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG, fuel oil, gas oil and heating oil.  With the exception of fuel oil and LPG all products can be transported via the...

Opinion

New UK oil essential for low carbon future

...the backbone of an industry that works through the year to keep our country running. They supply the gas that helps heat 24 million (83%) of UK homes and generates...
BBC News covers the Cornish village where properties have been converted to run on HVO.

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BBC throws a spotlight on successful HVO project

...to move to air source heat pumps” John calls for the Government to apply the same subsidies for use in heating that apply to HVO used in transport. With government...

News

A legacy of diversity

...system for a ground source heat pump which might not work, or an air source heat pump which simply isn’t up to the job. “I went to the Oil &...

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Londoners urged to scrap their boilers

...Greater London residents last week – and yes, it does include oil-fired boilers! Around 12,700 households in Greater London currently use oil for heating and an estimated 60% of these...

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Raw deal for rural renewables

...source heat pump would actually be increasing their carbon emissions. The ground source heat pump represented the best option, with potential CO2 savings of 1150kg per annum. Based on a...

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Concerns raised – UK housing: fit for the future? 

...a programme of deep retrofit energy efficiency improvements, combined with a widespread switch to electric heat pumps, paid for by green loans and the Treasury. But ultimately all these measures...

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Oil boilers – no to scrappage scheme

...heating alternatives. “As you are aware, the primary vehicle for supporting the uptake of renewable heating systems is the Domestic Renewable Heating Initiative (RHI) which is targeted to homes that...

Interview

Taking a different approach

...they’re also buying lesser quantities.  On top of that, oil is less attractive for heating and gas is making significant inroads.” FON asked distributors what they were doing to tackle...

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Getting warmer in the community

...the carbon footprint of deliveries. As an organisation that cares about environmental sustainability, we’d prefer not to be running an oil scheme – but for off-gas rural communities, oil heating...