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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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Distributor diaries April 25: updates from our distributor community
...in partnership with UKIFDA, and, more recently, the Cosy Heating Club offering prizes and other benefits to monthly direct debit customers, “Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuel were also the first...
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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...
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Low carbon liquid fuel – centre stage at this month’s OFTEC conference
...unveiling the results of its independent research into how oil-heated homes can best transition to a low-to-zero carbon heating solution and reduce their overall emissions. The unveiling will take...
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...
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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....
Interview
Celebrating 50 years of innovation
...probably unemployable,” remembers co-founder Bruce Woodal. “Therefore, we decided we should start a business of our own and recognised there was an opportunity to seize in oil fired central heating...
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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...
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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 &...
Analysis
Products, services and developments for safer operations in fuel distribution
...comfortable to wear, they feature a chevron-style reflective tape that flexes with the wearer’s movements. In the summer months, when workers are at risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke,...
Insight
Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...is being actively pursued by both UKIFDA and OFTEC – is to make the case for a sustainable low carbon liquid fuel in the domestic heating sector as a legitimate...
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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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Growing FAST
...then with CPL Petroleum, about the development of a premium heating oil with added fragrance. Also expressing interest in premium kerosene were James Spencer, then at Bayfords, which went on...
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...
Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...heating oil etc. meaning this business is still required and it feels good to help people in need. Furthermore, the industry has a bright future ahead of it as we...