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Future prospects for kerosene and HVO with domestic heating electrification ambitions.

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Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO

...or so years. The Government, through its ‘Heat and Buildingsstrategy, published in 2021, signalled its clear preference for heat pumps as the principal energy source for space heating, but...
Could electrifying thermal processes help refiners to lower their carbon footprint?

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Could electrification decarbonise petrochemical refining?

...transition It’s worth considering some of the technologies that make electric process heaters and heat exchangers promising candidates for replacing traditional heaters. Heaters with Continuous Helical Flow (CHF) technology are...

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Phasing out fossil fuel in home heating

After almost a year of delays, the UK Government has published the long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy outlining plans to decarbonise heat and buildings. With the sector contributing 21% of...

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Associations push for more from strategy

In a joint statement issued today UKIFDA and OFTEC welcome support for low-carbon liquid fuels in the newly published Heat and Buildings Strategy but also push for an extension of...

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Heating oil’s future – making a difference

...have their say and ‘make a big difference to the future of heating oil’ “It’s vital that everyone who uses heating oil has a say on A Future Framework For...

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The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene 

...to find recognition in government legislation considerations. The recent Heat and Buildings Strategy recognised liquid biofuels (specifically HVO) as an alternative heating technology where heat pumps aren’t practical. Additionally, the...

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The fundamental importance of data.

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Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’

...sending out mixed messages by calling for the Government to “publicly affirm that electrical heat is the default option in all new buildings and existing properties off the gas grid”...
Industry responds to government hydrogen plans

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Industry responds to government hydrogen plans

...ground source heat pump organisation, welcomes the growth of the green industry, but urges leaders to focus on existing technology, such as heat pumps that can decarbonise home heating at...

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£800,000 investment expands HVO fuel trials

...such as heat pumps which are typically more suited to modern well-insulated buildings. Ken Cronin and Paul Rose added: “The Heat and Buildings Strategy acknowledges the role of renewable liquid...

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Clean Heat Grant proposed to accelerate low carbon heating

...challenges faced in meeting climate targets. The government Heat and Buildings Strategy which will be published later this year will set out actions to reduce emissions from buildings. The government...

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The future pathway for liquid fuel heating

...Richard Vianello,renewable heat incentive & heat in buildings deputy director at BEIS provided a summary of current government thinking on heat policy, including the recent ‘call for evidence’ on the...