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Heating oil’s future – making a difference
...incentive scheme, or free for the poorest households under the government’s current ECO 2 scheme which is due to end in September 2018. A more efficient oil condensing boiler can...
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Opinion
Fuel industry responds to Transport Decarbonisation Plan
...emission-free travel in the not so distant future. Companies like Velocys, for example, are already leading the way in innovation that enables sustainable fuels made from waste materials to be...
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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements
...was well-received by UKIFDA, CEO Guy Pulham was ‘disappointed that the red diesel fuel duty relief freeze was not extended to the construction industry especially as a large amount of...
Knowledge
Mabanaft: sustainability through carbon offset projects
...project is focused on the offshore production of green hydrogen. Green hydrogen is key in energy transition, acting as an emission-free alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The EU and Germany...
Analysis
Greenergy – liquid problem solving
...between 2010 and April 2011, making it the largest supplier of road fuel in the UK with over 22% market share. Greenergy was founded to supply sulphur free city diesel;...
News
£4.4m waste-to-hydrogen funding will deliver real-world testing of technological innovation
...investment of over £80 million will help them to go further and faster, using the latest science, technologies, and new energy sources to cut ties with fossil fuels and futureproof...
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HVO boost as biofuel boiler wins best renewable energy product
...UK have now converted to the fossil- free kerosene alternative in demonstrations led by trade associations UKIFDA and OFTEC. HVO currently available in the UK and Ireland is manufactured from...
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Cornish village marks stand-out success of industry-led fossil free oil trial
The remarkable effort of a Cornish community’s pioneering trials of HVO fuel have led to a landmark moment for the industry, decarbonisation and the energy sector across the UK and...
Interview
Hytek is HVO-ready
...It’s odourless, with zero FAME, sulphur and fossil content, which significantly reduces issues associated with diesel bugs. HVO is a type of fuel that is able to resist diesel bugs...
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Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
...fossil fuels. Research in the Republic of Ireland during its CO awareness week in September found that only 50% of consumers were aware of the potential risk from oil heating...
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AHFL chooses UK for revolutionary plastic-to-fuel plant
...process to turn mixed, end of life waste plastic, the scourge of our environment, into multipurpose fuel that is cleaner than the fossil fuels on which most of the world...
Opinion
UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...market will be 0% fossil. However, initially, the introduction of transitional fuels such as B30K mean consumers can change the fuel without changing the heating system as they would work...
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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI
...a sufficient role to play in the transformation of the domestic heating sector to subsidise them through the RHI. We are keen to see the replacement of fossil fuel systems...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...difference almost immediately, reducing greenhouse gas by up to 80% if fully replacing their fossil-based equivalent. But even a staged introduction could remove 130 million tonnes of CO2 in Europe...
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Phillips 66 brings renewable diesel to the Southeast as demand increases
...fuel supplies, helping them service local authority contracts, road haulage requirements, and others with increasing demand. A paraffinic fuel that is chemically similar to conventional fossil fuel-based diesel renewable diesel...
Opinion
Industry alliance leads the way toward zero carbon heating for Ireland
...sectors, TAZCH offers much-needed expertise and pragmatic, industry-based solutions for decarbonising the home heating sector in Ireland. Multi-solution approach As a country, we remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels for...
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Decarbonising heating – delay for domestic RHI
...government’s next steps? Fossil fuels still produce over 80% of heating used in UK homes, businesses and industry, with over a third of the UK’s carbon emissions coming from the...
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A sustainable future for PETRONAS and Dorna Sports
...solely powered by PETRONAS Primax Pro-Race M2 fuel formulated with at least 40% non-fossil biofuel, while continuing to meet the high octane and low oxygen requirement of the 2023 Federation...