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Certa doubles number of HVO-ready forecourts
Certa has launched HVO pumps at three more of its forecourts bringing the total of HVO-ready Certa outlets to six. The leading fuel supplier’s new HVO-ready forecourts are located in...
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Renewable liquid fuel availability report supports home heating oil market use
...out in the UK depending, as it does, on UK government policy and the penetration of heat pumps in the predominantly “hard to treat” rural housing stock currently on heating...
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Oil heating more compatible with off-grid homes
...from rural homes, because the incentivised technologies will run on carbon-rich electricity. The statement also provided statistics which showed that the relevant technologies, including air and ground source heat pumps,...
Opinion
“Do you expect domestic customers to desert oil in favour of renewables?”
...and heat pumps Matt Lockhart, WP Group “Renewable sources of energy are undoubtedly the future however the current reality of renewable energy for the majority of domestic homes is neither...
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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....
Opinion
UKIFDA submits views on Scottish Commission’s work plan
...the decarbonisation theme on electric alternatives such as heat pumps. There are more than 135,000 households using heating oil across Scotland – which is why it’s so important the Commission...
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Off grid homeowners benefit from low prices
...£1392 for those using air source heat pumps with underfloor heating, £1502 for wood pellets, £1551 for those using LPG, £1819 for those with air source heat pump with radiators...
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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
...than mains gas since 2010. Cost comparisons and projections Comparing the cost of heating the same average home with either LPG or electric storage heaters – the other main heating...
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Irish households urged to ‘spring clean’ their home heating
...improvements to make: Adjust your heating timers: If you made changes to your timers over winter, it’s a good idea to check the heating still only comes on when you...
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Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
...possible that use heating oil to HVO, reducing their carbon emissions but also avoiding the very high upfront costs of alternative decarbonisation technologies such as heat pumps.” Robert Weedon, managing...
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Calls for Government support as oil homes switch to fossil-free HVO in numbers
...conversion. The transition to the low carbon fuel can be completed as part of a normal service and is seen as a more attractive alternative to heat pumps, which can...
Opinion
Northern Ireland Government warned over heating sector decarbonisation plans
...size fits all approach when the ‘Decarbonising Heat’ consultation arrives next year. The consultation will seek opinions on how people should heat their homes going forward. The Department of Enterprise...
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HVO boost as biofuel boiler wins best renewable energy product
...the industry in designing and manufacturing heating technologies that offer a low carbon and sustainable home heating solution for homeowners throughout Ireland going forward into the future.” While HVO is...
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Fuel poor left out in the cold
...such as heat pumps, rather than energy efficiency. “The UK desperately needs a new heating strategy which combines energy efficiency measures with carbon reduction. Also, one that is affordable and...
Insight
HVO: An industry update
...present policy of backing heat pumps as the solution for off-grid domestic heating is totally impractical for any home that cannot achieve an EPC rating C without incurring massive cost...
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OFTEC supports installer transition to decarbonised world
...scheme, which covers liquid fuels, biomass, heat pumps and solar thermal heating, can help to support the high quality outcomes that will be essential as we embrace the challenge of...
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New standard publication will ensure sustainability of liquid fuels for immediate home heat decarbonisation
...liquid fuels are used in the heat market. In publishing the standard BSI explained: “Around 1.5 million homes in the UK currently rely on liquid fuel heating. For the sake...
Interview
In conversation with Bedford Fuels Ltd
...to cope with the increased demand for electricity with the proposed switch to electric vehicles and heat pumps. Also, why would people spend up to £15,000 on a heat pump...