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FPS gets ready for winter
The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers has once again launched a campaign to encourage the 1.25m homeowners who use heating oil to be prepared for winter and order heating oil while...
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Government Spending Review 2025: A promise to deliver the Warm Homes Plan ‘in full’
...solar panels, batteries, and low carbon heating systems. While the government views heat pumps as the primary low carbon heating solution, it has acknowledged that for some off‑grid homes this...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – A managed transition?
...survey by The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) revealed a widespread reluctance among the Irish public to install a heat pump in their homes – putting the Government’s decarbonisation...
News
Irish Alliance achieves breakthrough in use of biofuels in decarbonisation
...scale of the challenge but will continue to push the matter forward: “Those in the home heating sector who have played a central role in meeting Ireland’s home heating needs...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...Eustice said: “It was great to visit Kehelland Village recently to hear about how Mitchell & Webber’s new fuel is helping families to heat their homes. It is vital that...
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British invention could help industry slash energy bills and cut CO2
...zero ambitions,” James concludes. Inside a heat cell Each heat cell houses a solid core of aluminium-rock composite encased in vacuum insulation which can store heat at temperatures from 200...
Insight
Climate Challenge: Action is imperative
...droughts, Dr. Khosla highlighted something even more deadly yet frequently overlooked: extreme heat. “Heat kills more people than any other extreme weather event,” she explained. “It’s increasing in frequency, duration...
Analysis
A step in the right direction
...the recognition it deserved when the Government put forward an amendment to the energy bill that grants the powers to introduce a Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Obligation (RLHFO), similar to...
Analysis
UK biofuel industry faces existential threat
...East Anglia. These plants buy millions of tonnes of wheat each year, often through forward contracts, providing farmers with a dependable outlet. Why isn’t it food-grade wheat? The wheat used...
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The distributor offer revisited
...– amply demonstrated during the harsh winter weather of December 2010, when demand for heating oil soared. Good levels of general customer satisfaction in the domestic heating oil market were...
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Industry body backs fuel poverty campaign
...to discuss the help available to them. Distributor support “UKIFDA members also offer the Cold Weather Priority scheme to heating oil customers age 75+ which enables elderly consumers, who heat...
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Wanted – a total rethink on the UK’s low carbon heat strategy
...position to make the large leap towards wholly renewable heating,” said OFTEC director general Jeremy Hawksley. Working towards a low carbon future for heating Committed to working towards a low...
Interview
The battle to offer a competitive product
...heating season, is putting pressure on the sector, as people use their central heating as a last resort. “People are burning turf or whatever fuel they can and supplementing this...
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UKIFDA and OFTEC launch ‘Be Winter Wise’ campaign for heating oil users
With unpredictable weather and the continuing cost of living pressures, UKIFDA and OFTEC have launched their Be Winter Wise campaign – a five-point plan to help heating oil users plan...
Opinion
Call for certainty on renewable liquid fuel
...the below statement. The recognition that not every home off the gas grid will be suitable for a heat pump and will require an alternative low carbon heating solution is...
News
HART Plumbing acquisition sees Rix extend renewable offering
...is headquartered in Two Humber Quays on the city’s waterfront, has acquired Driffield company HART Plumbing & Heating, which will become Rix Plumbing Services as part of the deal. The...
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Cheaper heating bills for oil households
...gas grid homes. According to the Sutherland Tables, a recognised source of data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, the current annual cost of using oil to heat a three...
Insight
How does the french downstream sector compare to the UK?
...heating oil continues to be a material source of fuel/energy for heating purposes. Rationalisation of the refinery network has been pursued with particular urgency over the past five years with...