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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...
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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:...
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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...
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Calls for an energy efficiency and carbon reduction policy
...current heating strategy which leaves too many people out in the cold, with off grid consumers getting a particularly poor deal.” “The UK desperately needs a combined energy efficiency and...
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Backing a certainty
...the foreseeable future; retaining customers will still require a multi-brand strategy. “However, no matter which brand, customers know who they’re dealing with in terms of the parent brand; we are...
Opinion
Delivering growth: the importance of a fully engaged workforce
“Having an engaged driver workforce is fundamental to enabling growth and successful partnerships within the bulk fuels industry.” David Heath, Head of Fuels at Suttons Tankers Employee engagement With employee...
Interview
Northern Energy: fuelling communities for 90 years
...Heating – which undertook domestic installations and enabled further growth in the market.” This perfect partnership is another example of a company that has, from the start, moved with the...
Analysis
Fuelling progress: future fuels for transport decarbonisation
...the country’s net zero target. The DGA has come together to explore the role of hydrogen in decarbonising the country’s industry, transport and domestic heating sectors and, last year, as...
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Unprecedented demand creates temporary oil shortage in Ireland
The recent extreme weather has caused a massive surge in demand for home heating oil in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, creating temporary shortages with distributors forced...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Here Comes the Sun?
...heating system used. Notably, 55% of all oil heated homes have someone over the age of 60 living in them, which is a higher percentage compared to gas (40%) and...
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UKIFDA supports TRA proposals on HVO
...for heating industry in the UK is currently concentrating on renewable liquid fuels as a replacement for conventional fossil-based heating oil, in particular Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The fuel provides...
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Latest industry people moves – March 2025
...at Heat Engineer Software Ltd! “I’ll be focussing on growing the business whilst continuing to help heating engineers, surveyors, designers and installers accurately size new systems using our heat loss...
Opinion
Creating a low carbon energy system
...commodities can say the same. “Heating oil is still one of the most competitive sources of heating. This needs to be taken into consideration when we plan for the future.” ...
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Vauxhall partners with Ryze to develop hydrogen charging solutions
...refuelling facility. Hydrogen strategy Vauxhall’s partnership with Ryze forms part of the brand’s wider hydrogen strategy, which will inform the development of a widespread and workable hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for...
Opinion
How do we move towards a greener future?
As the Government’s net zero strategy is defeated in the High Court, Toni Miszewski, Managing Director at energy equipment and solutions provider, AnTech talks about why it’s time to relook...
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UK Hydrogen Policy Commission to give UK lead on hydrogen
...does not miss out on potential hydrogen opportunities. The Hydrogen Strategy was published last August and builds on the commitment made in the Ten-Point Plan for the UK to host...
Opinion
Hydrogen bodies urge government to better support fuel suppliers
The government plan for hydrogen production, announced as part of the Energy Strategy, has been broadly welcomed by the industry although there are concerns that more needs to be done...
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The future of liquid fuel heating
...been working hard behind the scenes for a number of months now to prepare our vision for the future of off grid domestic heating,” said OFTEC CEO Paul Rose who...