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TEAM INEOS and the Tour De Yorkshire
...Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS, Chris Froome, who is is aiming to win a record-equalling fifth Tour riding for Team INEOS this July, and Sir Dave Brailsford, Team...
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Government urged to listen to constituent concerns over home heat decarbonisation choices
...renewable liquid fuels adds up to just £500 per home and delivers an 88% reduction in emissions. In order to make renewable liquid fuels a viable alternative to fossil fuels...
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Essar – new roadside development
...at one of its branded retail outlets at Moulsford in Oxfordshire, with several more planned to follow suit in 2019. The station is one of 12 MPK sites recently unveiled...
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Energy Minister challenges JCB to accelerate hydrogen engine development
...success in developing engines powered by the zero-carbon fuel. Mr Shapps was hosted by JCB Chairman Lord Bamford and JCB CEO Graeme Macdonald, on a visit to JCB Power Systems...
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New openings in Wales
News of the new openings – a Welsh office in Carmarthenshire for Envirostore and a depot in Ammanford for Star Multifuels was announced on the Envirostore stand at FPS EXPO...
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FTA’s response to emission zone postponement
The Freight Transport Association has responded to the news that the introduction of Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) is due to be postponed with Birmingham City Council and Leeds City...
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Wrightbus unveils new Rightech EV truck brand to accelerate fleet decarbonisation
...launched under the Ballymena company’s new Rightech brand. Ryze Power, part of a portfolio of net zero companies run by Wrightbus owner Jo Bamford, will provide class-leading charging infrastructure and...
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Excitement builds for soon to be announced key industry award
...hugely impressed not only by the ultimate winner but also by the attitudes and achievements of all nominees.” Recent winners include Clifford Tappin of Lovell Fuels, Buckinghamshire, who was named...
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Wrightbus to recruit for more than 40 new jobs
...alternative fuel developments. Wrightbus, which launched the world’s first zero-emission hydrogen double decker bus in 2020, has created the roles in preparation for increasing production of the vehicle this year...
Insight
Sector legislation: Government strategy, incentives and progress for heat pumps
In a previous issue of Fuel Oil News (March 2022) we considered the increasing frequency with which core fuel distribution businesses within our community were changing their names and updating...
Insight
Gas grid and storage facilities in the UK
...are in power generation, accounting for 34%, and in domestic/residential heating at 33%. Gas accounts for about 40% of the fuel used in power generation and 80% of that used...
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New Volvo trucks for Veterans into Logistics
...LNG-fuelled trucks, which reduce CO2 emissions in comparison with diesel. Carl White, Used Truck Director for Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland said: “We heard Veterans into Logistics was looking for...
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71st Texaco Children’s Art Competition winners announced
...with additional needs. Category A In Category A (16-18 years), other top winners were Waterford student, Megan Hogan, who won second prize (€1,000) for her work entitled ‘Tommy’. Third prize...
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The Humber refinery – a key indigenous source of supply
...local markets in Humberside, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Phillips 66 also has a presence in the aviation fuel market at four airports – Newcastle International, Durham Tees Valley, Leeds/Bradford International and...
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Lewis Tankers flying high
...with Q8Aviation to deliver aviation fuel to Newcastle and Leeds/Bradford airports from Misterton PSD, near Doncaster, and to Blackpool airport from Backford PSD, near Chester. The contract extends Lewis Tankers’...
Insight
The growth of natural gas in Ireland
...Kinsale. Initially delivered by pipeline to Cork city, the Cork-Dublin pipeline was built in the 1980s to deliver gas to Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny and Dundalk. The network has since...
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In Profile – Alex Wolfe of Certas Energy UK
...your most recent business achievement of note? Opening the first HVO truck- fuelling bunker in the UK at Thames Riverside in Essex next to M25 / QE2 Bridge / Dartford...
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The search is on for the driver of the year
...this year’s awards,” said Dawn Dawn Shakespeare, FPS marketing and events manager. Last year’s winner was Darren Gilham from Certas Energy’s Ashford depot with Chris Brooks of NWF/Evesons Fuels, Kenilworth...