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Interview

DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition

...and commercial fuels, heating oils, biofuel and renewable solutions and related products and services in Europe. Claudia Weeks, content editor of Fuel Oil News, speaks with Eddie O’Brien, managing director...

News

The Phillips 66 Interview

...the challenges of the forthcoming Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)? The RHI scheme, which incentivises commercial and domestic customers to look at alternative heat technologies, is something Phillips 66 is following...

Opinion

Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape

...alternatives to diesel for commercial heating applications, there are a number of cost-effective solutions on the market.  Industrial heating oil/Therma35 and kerosene are drop in alternatives that do not require...

News

Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign

...to last year. “People who use oil to heat their homes would be forgiven for not thinking about heating their homes at the moment with many of us still experiencing...

News

Bioliquids excluded from Renewable Heat Incentive

...“In contrast, recent trials of heat pumps revealed the limitations of the technology in many homes, such as having to install oversized radiators to cope with the lower heat temperatures....

News

Crude oil trend boosts heating oil prices

Rising from an average of 34.40ppl including VAT in September to 39.90ppl in October, UK heating oil prices have risen 16% –  the steepest increase since the winter of 2010. ...

News

Airport Energy – making every single litre count

...smooth passage for Heathrow’s many hundreds of flights daily; but also vital to the airport’s smooth running is fuel for up to 7000 other vehicles which provide essential services –...
Ken Cronin CEO UKIFDA

Opinion

Ken’s Corner – Who will win the race?

...of replacing fossil fuels for heating requirements that can’t currently be met by the gas grid, heat pumps or district heating networks.” We are working closely with our partners at...

News

RHI target – an unrealistic goal?

Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC Targets set out in the impact assessment produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) state that Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will support...
Ken's Corner

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: All change please, all change!

...that a pragmatic approach to decarbonising the 1.7 million homes in the UK that use oil for heating should include replacing kerosene oil with a renewable liquid fuel or blend:...

News

Low carbon fuels are deliverable

...their potential to deliver carbon reductions over different timescales. The research also compares the decarbonisation potential of biofuels with other low carbon heating options in oil-heated homes. The modelling, which...