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TRA proposes removal of HVO measures

...heating The TRA also established that there is demand for HVO in the UK for use in heating buildings as it offers a cost-effective and more environmentally friendly alternative to...
Looking at the challenge of ensuring that HVO is a genuinely sustainable future fuel

Knowledge

HVO – The issue of sustainability

While we await clearer government direction and legislation on the tricky issues of decarbonisation of both transport and domestic heating, competing solutions continue to voice the arguments for their inclusion....
Rural Irish Housing

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: Strong and Stable

...consultation, which was predominantly heat pump-orientated, it was stated that using a heat pump with an efficiency of 2.82, “the cost of running a heat pump is less expensive compared...
biodiesel feedtock field

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Zemo Partnership Launches RFAS Heat-Power-Marine

...RFAS to cover renewable fuels supplied to markets outside the scope of the RTFO, such as stationary power, heating and marine. RFAS Heat- Power-Marine provides a robust mechanism to verify...

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Heating oil theft falls

OFTEC registered technicians can assist your customers with advice on the necessary precautions to protect their oil heating assets OFTEC has welcomed research which reveals that heating oil is no...

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Could heating oil prices be frozen?

...very little mention was made of other fuels such as heating oil. The possibility of a heating oil price freeze Citing international factors, gas and electricity suppliers plus a number...

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Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels

...data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, oil is now by far the cheapest of all the major heating fuels, costing just £930 a year to heat an average three...
Houses in the british countryside

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: Understanding rural Britain

...and size of oil-heated homes present distinct challenges in terms of decarbonisation. Electric-based heating technologies can be more technically and financially challenging to implement successfully in these homes. Rural residents...