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National Grid targets off-grid fuel poverty
...the installation of affordable heating solutions in fuel poor households which don’t use mains gas as their primary source of heat. The £150m from National Grid comes on top of...
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OFT boosts transparency on heating oil prices
Following OFT action, GB Oils, the largest supplier of heating oil in the country, has changed its domestic heating oil contracts ensuring quoted prices do not increase from the time...
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A victory for oil heating
...European Commission published the draft Energy-related Products Directive six years ago, the future of the oil-fired heating sector looked bleak. Following a long campaign OFTEC has won a ‘significant victory’....
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XPO switches distribution depot heating fuel to HVO in sustainability drive
...sustainability agenda. The company, which has committed to being a responsible supply chain partner, has replaced the site’s heating fuel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel. The HVO product sourced...
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ESL Fuels develops innovative oil processing technology
...Thornton Science Park. The new and innovative Molexis technology will complement large volume production of diesel, heating oil and marine fuels from sites across the UK. The first production unit...
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The £50 Energy Savings challenge
...the room at 19°C. Increasing room temperature by only 1°C, can increase heating costs by 10%, whilst reducing temperature by 1°C can save almost £6 per month. · Service your...
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Buy your heating oil early urges FPS
...suppliers have spare delivery capacity. I would also encourage all consumers to save money on heating their homes by ensuring their homes are fully insulated.” FPS chief executive, Mark Askew...
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Additional help for off-grid customers?
...bills and reduce CO2 emissions at the same time. Currently, oil heating is still the cheapest form of energy for off grid homes with the annual average cost to heat...
Opinion
Wales earmarked to be a global innovation leader in the adoption of hydrogen as aviation fuel
...trucks, heating, and aviation. In this Transition Talk, we will dive into the viability of using hydrogen in aviation. To talk us through this, Anders Lorenzen, writing for Fuel Oil...
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Combating counterfeit oil level monitors
...manufacturers and installers, heating oil today represents a safe and responsible fuel choice. However, recently the sale of counterfeit oil monitoring equipment on an internet auction website was discovered, with...
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Leading industry company celebrates 50 years of innovation
...in oil fired central heating by manufacturing domestic oil storage tanks.” Timing is everything “We started in a cowshed at Churchdown near Cheltenham. The tanks were manufactured in the old...
Opinion
The Distributor Debate
...to adopt renewables and numbers of community buying schemes climbing – join in the debate on the future of oil heating. Many industry experts have committed to attending, while others...
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Oil heating is more competitive
...of heating an average three-bedroom home with oil, electricity or wood pellets. The results coincide with the announcement by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that the number...
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Distributor diaries April 25: updates from our distributor community
...in partnership with UKIFDA, and, more recently, the Cosy Heating Club offering prizes and other benefits to monthly direct debit customers, “Craggs Energy and Moorland Fuel were also the first...
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EOGB hits out at oil’s exclusion from ECO funding
...acknowledge ongoing innovation in the oil heating sector, following proposals to exclude oil from the next round of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. The proposed changes to ECO, which...
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Products and markets
...range consists of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG, fuel oil, gas oil and heating oil. With the exception of fuel oil and LPG all products can be transported via the...
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New UK oil essential for low carbon future
...the backbone of an industry that works through the year to keep our country running. They supply the gas that helps heat 24 million (83%) of UK homes and generates...
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Over 100 companies add signatures of support to industry letter to Secretary of State
...that reduce energy demands, utilising technologies such as electric heat pumps and electric vehicles. • Hydrogen Evolution: Net zero is met through fast progress for hydrogen in industry and heat....