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Could electrifying thermal processes help refiners to lower their carbon footprint?

Opinion

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...
The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene

Opinion

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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Industry responds to government hydrogen plans

Opinion

Industry responds to government hydrogen plans

...solution for heating compared to heat pumps. Indeed, it takes six units of electricity to get just one unit of hydrogen. Thankfully, unlike hydrogen, heat pumps work today and reduce bills – one...
Decarbonisation

News

Phasing out fossil fuel in home heating

...a commitment to ensure that, from 2035, all new heating appliances in homes are low carbon. The main points of the strategy are highlighted below. Heat pumps first The strategy,...

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

Insight

Heating future: prospects for kerosene and HVO

...or so years. The Government, through its ‘Heat and Buildings’ strategy, published in 2021, signalled its clear preference for heat pumps as the principal energy source for space heating, but...

News

Heating oil’s future – making a difference

...government’s policy seems to be encouraging moving rural households and businesses – currently using oil heating – to electrically driven heat pumps to cut carbon emissions, reports Guy. “We’re concerned...