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The fundamental importance of data.

Insight

Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA urges ‘facts before theories’

...all rural areas (where a higher proportion of properties are off-gas) will have electricity grid upgrades immediately. Hybrid heat pumps with a biofuel boiler could offer a solution in these...

Opinion

Response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan

...meeting the diverse needs of households. While the use of air source heat pumps can be a very effective and environmentally friendly solution for many, electrification is not a panacea....

News

Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen

...means that renewable technologies such as air source (ASHP) and ground source (GSHP) heat pumps which run on electricity are becoming a much more expensive option to heat a typical...

Interview

DCC on ambitions for Ireland and energy transition

...all energies – a lot of the focus is on electrification which we think is a good thing as it allows solutions like heat pumps and other sustainable developments to...

News

Significant changes to the UK heating market

...heating installers Significant changes are coming to the UK heating market that will affect thousands of installers and heating engineers. A survey launched today gives you the opportunity to shape...

News

Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?

...that liquid fuels are being used to heat homes in 2030 and beyond? OFTEC continues to lobby government to include bioliquids in the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive, which would make...
The latest data driven insights from the sector.

Insight

Industry data: the latest update from the UKIFDA databank

...average number of heating degree days (HDD) was 6.9. Heating oil Consumption March 2023 saw the highest consumption since February 2021. Between April 2022 and March 2023, heating oil consumption...
Leading online heating oil marketplace Boilerjuice  talks about future plans

Interview

BoilerJuice: revolutionising operations

BoilerJuice is one of the leading heating oil marketplace websites in the UK. Established in 2004, the company delivers millions of litres of heating oil to thousands of customers every...

News

Net Zero report – FPS and OFTEC respond  

...flow through to the other. Hybrid heating systems and the need for salient data The report mentioned that hybrid heating systems could be an appropriate solution for a subset of...
BBC News covers the Cornish village where properties have been converted to run on HVO.

News

BBC throws a spotlight on successful HVO project

...to move to air source heat pumps” John calls for the Government to apply the same subsidies for use in heating that apply to HVO used in transport. With government...
Data: the UKIFDA databank

Knowledge

Data: the UKIFDA databank

...low carbon heating technologies by providing an upfront capital grant towards the cost of an installation of an air source heat pump (ASHP), a ground source heat pump (GSHP) and,...

Opinion

Call for certainty on renewable liquid fuel

...the below statement. The recognition that not every home off the gas grid will be suitable for a heat pump and will require an alternative low carbon heating solution is...