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Ken's Corner

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: A week is a long time…

...heated by oil. How Ireland is heated Source: Census 2022 A significantly higher proportion of oil heated homes are in rural areas compared to all homes in Ireland. 28% of...

Opinion

Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget

...include liquid biofuels in policy for off the gas grid homes. Hydrogen is an option as an alternative to gas heating as well as heat pumps and rural consumers should...

Opinion

OFTEC: Time for open debate on off grid heat decarbonisation

Any consultation arising from the Government’s long anticipated Heat in Buildings strategy must allow a genuine discussion on all the options to decarbonise rural homes, otherwise thousands of households could...
Joining the sector from a background in renewables Mark Deeney shares his thoughts on the transition.

Opinion

A successful transition requires a cross-sector commitment

...construction) I’ve seen cleaner fuels and heating technologies make some seismic advancements. During my tenure at Nutherm (the distributor for German heat pump manufacturer Waterkotte across the UK and Ireland)...
George Eustice MP

Interview

In conversation with George Eustice MP

...spokesman. For the Chapel, they want to be able to turn the heat on for certain events during the week, but they don’t want constant heat, so a heat pump...

Opinion

UKIFDA responds to government consultations

...on the low carbon heat consultation UKIFDA technical manager Tony Brown said; “Whilst we always welcome any news on low carbon heat options and decarbonisation innovations, we are disappointed there...

News

Decarbonising heating – delay for domestic RHI

...costly carbon intense fossil fuels,” said energy secretary, Edward Davey. The steps include ‘a new set of actions specifically targeted at industrial heat, urban heat networks and heat in buildings’...

News

Domestic customers – NEW secure fire-rated tank

Trevor Seed (l) with Envirostore’s managing director, Richard Marsh by the new Firecheck tank An innovative product to overcome the problem of installing tanks next to buildings and structures has...

Analysis

A deep dive into fuel distribution industry data

...solar and heat pumps. The census shows that the number of oil-heated homes has dropped 3% since the last census. It is likely that many oil-heated homes are in the...

News

Industry professionals debate heating strategies

...professionals who attended also think the government’s 2050 Heat Strategy is unrealistic. The survey of more than 50 industry leaders, manufacturers and technicians found that 70% felt DECC’s Heat Strategy,...

Interview

Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland

...will install 600,000 heat pumps by 2030, Government should aim for 600,000 homes with zero-emission heating systems. The focus has to be on overall decarbonisation rather than any specific solution.”...