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...
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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home
Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland. The revolutionary renewable fuel has been identified as a key alternative clean energy source...
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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Government proposes Energy Bill amendment in response to industry calls to incentivise HVO
...Fuels campaign. Recognising widespread concerns over the potential financial impacts on rural off-grid homeowners of the proposed 2026 oil boiler ban and a ‘heat pump’ first strategy, the amendment, if...
Interview
DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition
...and commercial fuels, heating oils, biofuel and renewable solutions and related products and services in Europe. Claudia Weeks, content editor of Fuel Oil News, speaks with Eddie O’Brien, managing director...
Opinion
A New Year’s wish for joined up thinking for fuel distribution
...that it would benefit heating oil users. Joining the dots The industry welcomed the news that one government department saw the value in this for UK heating oil customers. Now...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...not extend to First Time Central Heating. This means that under the scheme, fuel poor households who currently rely on oil heating can have a broken oil appliance repaired or...
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West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
...Mc Carthy, offered the ideal solution for the older building as an air to water heating system wasn’t suitable due to the building’s structure. Describing the switch as ‘a remarkable...
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Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign
...to last year. “People who use oil to heat their homes would be forgiven for not thinking about heating their homes at the moment with many of us still experiencing...
Opinion
UKIFDA urges UK Government to reconsider red diesel entitlement deadline
...a time frame that meets net zero and maintains food production too. “With regard to non-commercial heating being excluded, red diesel has a very limited use for domestic heating and...
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ROI consults on renewable heat obligation
The ROI Government has agreed to the introduction of an obligation on the heat sector to include renewable heat by 2024. Several policy measures aimed at decarbonising the heat sector...
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Bioliquids excluded from Renewable Heat Incentive
...“In contrast, recent trials of heat pumps revealed the limitations of the technology in many homes, such as having to install oversized radiators to cope with the lower heat temperatures....
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Oil – the cheapest form of heating since July 2014
With the first month of Autumn underway, many customers will be thinking about turning on the heating for the first time in a few months. For those on heating oil,...
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Distributor Diaries January 24: the latest updates from our distributor community
...Abby continues. “The Flame 35 industrial heating oil, coupled with the cutting-edge tank infrastructure, positions us as a reliable partner for businesses seeking efficient heating solutions. “The new tank not...
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WANTED – positive change in home heating and energy policies
Mark Askew – hopeful of a change in policies relating to the off grid sector and in particular the oil heating industry The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) is looking...
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Crude oil trend boosts heating oil prices
Rising from an average of 34.40ppl including VAT in September to 39.90ppl in October, UK heating oil prices have risen 16% – the steepest increase since the winter of 2010. ...
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Airport Energy – making every single litre count
...smooth passage for Heathrow’s many hundreds of flights daily; but also vital to the airport’s smooth running is fuel for up to 7000 other vehicles which provide essential services –...