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Oil users – fuel price winners once again!
Following the release of the latest comparative average heating price figures from Sutherland Tables, OFTEC reports good news for most oil heating users in the UK. Detailed below, the figures...
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Fuel poor left out in the cold
...for ECO is the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). However, the focus of the RHI is firmly on carbon reduction by encouraging the take up of 100% renewable heating technologies...
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Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
...in response to the government’s announced proposals to stop new heating oil boiler sales by 2026 with a heat pump first approach. UKIFDA and OFTEC, representing the liquid fuel industry,...
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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...
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....
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Industry bodies launch up-to-date winter advice for heating oil users
...set for winter heating. With the cost-of-living pressures continuing, avoiding any kind of financial uncertainty is crucial. Take action, be prepared and most importantly, place your heating oil order in...
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Distributor showcases future fuel ready Rayburn that indicates belief in HVO
The Rayburn Heatranger is a new model of the popular home-heating and cooking appliance that has been designed to run on fossil-free liquid fuel straight out of the box. Put...
Opinion
OFTEC and UKIFDA response to the British Energy Security Strategy
...new strategy to help these households. “This is completely at odds with the statements in this new Energy Strategy and recent Heat and Buildings Strategy that the government is committed...
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Cornish village marks stand-out success of industry-led fossil free oil trial
...off the road for a year. John Weedon, Director of Mitchell & Webber, explains, “The owners of rural buildings faced particular challenges as they look to decarbonise their heating. This...
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Distributor supports UK-wide initiative to help vulnerable off grid customers
A pioneering scheme to ensure some of the UK’s most vulnerable residents can heat their homes this winter is being backed by independent heating oil distributor WCF. The Cold Weather...
Analysis
Climate report welcomes progress but highlights gaps in low carbon heating plans
...inadequate. The key area in which this is the case is the roll-out of low-carbon heating beyond the assumed extension of the existing Clean Heat Market Mechanism and Boiler Upgrade...
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...
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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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Firebird highlights HVO opportunity during Minister’s visit
Firebird Heating Solutions took the opportunity to raise the profile of HVO as a sustainable alternative for home heating when Minister for Finance Jack Chambers met with the organisation’s 100-plus...
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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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Backing the government’s new fuel poverty strategy for England
...said Mark Askew, FPS chief executive. “Especially as it will not only help those living in fuel poverty in gas-heated homes but those who can’t afford to properly heat their...
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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...