News
Net Zero report – FPS and OFTEC respond
...produced by a boiler, with the efficient operation of a heat pump, to meet the buildings heat demand throughout the year. We also agree that consumers need to have salient...
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Analysis
Government urged to listen to constituent concerns over home heat decarbonisation choices
...million off gas grid UK households, many of them in rural communities, who rely on heating oil to heat their homes, are facing little choice in their route to decarbonising...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...and contradicts the very essence of what the scheme is designed to achieve.” The consultation on A Future Framework for Heat in Buildings remains open until 29th June – www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-future-framework-for-heat-in-buildings-call-for-evidence...
Insight
Irish Heating Alliance calls for ‘pragmatic addition’ to home decarbonisation policy
The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) has published a new report titled “Sustainable Heating: here & now.” The report finds that introducing a tested 20% renewable liquid heating fuel...
News
Industrial heat pilot lands £700k to deliver a commercial heat pump
Industrial heat pump startup Futraheat has secured £689,000 from Innovate UK to develop and deploy a commercial heat pump to deliver low CO2, high temperature heat to industry. They are...
News
A compelling case for oil-fired heating
...has been put forward by OFTEC in its response to the government’s ‘Heat in Buildings: The Future of Heat in Domestic Buildings’ consultation. OFTEC’s submission focused on the urgent need...
Interview
The downstream customer
...Low carbon heating solutions Wanting to discover whether the customers have considered acquiring a heat pump or other low carbon heating solution, Claudia asked them for their thoughts: Alice: “I...
News
New standard publication will ensure sustainability of liquid fuels for immediate home heat decarbonisation
...of renewable liquid fuels such as Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as part of its commitment to offer low carbon heating solutions for off-gas grid buildings. The specification sets out: That...
News
MPs support bill to incentivise renewable liquid fuels
...rural homes. For many oil properties, the government’s proposals to deliver a heat pump first approach are simply unworkable. The technology is too expensive, the buildings aren’t suited and the...
Opinion
Transition talk
...the maximum size allowed for a PV system. Sometimes, the buildings used by companies may not have suitable rooftops, or the buildings may only be leased or rented making the...
Interview
Clugston Distribution: providing transport solutions for 100 years
...the UK and are becoming more widely known. We are engaged in other areas of transportation such as bulk food products and industrial powders, wide loads and modular buildings and...
News
Five years of proof: Rural community takes HVO case to Westminster
...is calling for HVO to be formally recognised within the government’s rural heat decarbonisation pathways and supported during the transition period to low-carbon heating. Community-driven decarbonisation Kehelland is a typical...
News
FPS warns of the dangers of making early technology decisions for heating
...by Sutherland Tables, a recognised independent source of comparative domestic heating prices, who say the average annual cost of heating a three-bedroom home in Ireland with heating oil is €1,594...
News
Significant changes to the UK heating market
...heating installers Significant changes are coming to the UK heating market that will affect thousands of installers and heating engineers. A survey launched today gives you the opportunity to shape...
Interview
In conversation with George Eustice MP
...spokesman. For the Chapel, they want to be able to turn the heat on for certain events during the week, but they don’t want constant heat, so a heat pump...
News
The real world consequences for off-grid heating
Malcolm Farrow, head of public affairs at OFTEC The off-grid heating sector in the UK is a well-established, mature market supporting 1.7 million homes that rely on liquid fuel heating....
News
Fuel distributors back calls for renewable liquid fuel tax to be slashed
...as HVO more accessible and affordable for the estimated four million people who rely on off-grid heating. Around 1.7m homes in the UK currently use kerosene heating oil to heat...
Opinion
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: experience is a valuable commodity
...approach that is currently lacking in the deployment of heat pumps. Although heat pumps may not be suitable for every home, particularly those off the gas grid, they will contribute...