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NIOF launches customer charter
...“Sixty eight per cent of homes in Northern Ireland use heating oil as their primary heating source and with such a high dependency on heating oil we need to safeguard...
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The right person to take OFTEC forward
...“He represents OFTEC on a number of national and European technical panels relating to heating. Paul is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, Institute of Domestic Heating and Environmental...
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...
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Can oil hold its market share?
...technology is not competing adequately with incumbent heating systems. Jeremy Hawksley remarked: “Although favoured by government, there’s still a long way to go on heat pumps.” Francis stressed that greater...
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Cornish village marks stand-out success of industry-led fossil free oil trial
...renewable heating fuel within its broader energy strategy. Over 50 appliances across domestic, commercial and other properties have now been converted to HVO – including at a school and Kehelland’s...
Opinion
Is nuclear one of the largest untapped opportunities for decarbonisation at scale?
...company bringing a fresh perspective on how nuclear can enable decarbonisation of heat, transport and industrial sectors. Bringing together many years of experience in the nuclear sector their aim is...
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Distributor diaries – latest updates from our fuel distributor community
...fuel, Rayburn has launched its Heatranger model designed to run on HVO. The appliance was put to the test at an HVO- heated pasty lunch for UK industry leaders, hosted...
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Calls for an energy efficiency and carbon reduction policy
...ineffective flu vaccine, another important factor was that many vulnerable people could not afford to adequately heat their homes. “In this day and age it’s totally unacceptable that we’re still...
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Delivering SAF at scale: a sector investing in future production
...oil feedstock at the refinery, and British Airways will add it into the existing pipeline infrastructure which feeds several UK airports including London Heathrow. Using the existing infrastructure to deliver...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – What does ‘be part of the solution’ mean?
...Fast forward 38 years, and I recently spent a few days in London meeting various politicians and civil servants, including the energy minister responsible for clean heat. I found myself...
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Government portal opens for Alternative Fuel Payment applications
...of the two million people across the UK who use fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass to heat their homes should have received their...
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Latest industry people moves – February 2025
...of my direct time on growing our Heat Engineer Software business which helps heating surveyors, designers and installers accurately size new systems.” Sarah Morgan has moved to the role of...
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Suttons celebrates growth in fuels sector with 100th petroleum regulation truck on fleet
...high service levels to its customers. As David Heath, Head of Fuels, commented: “Our trucks are run day and night, so ensuring we can deliver our promise to customers is...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Are you sitting comfortably?
...now focused on what the future holds and are committed to providing a heating solution and affordable fuel to our customers. An unequivocal message There is at least one other...
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East Cork Oil abandons Atlantic and Geaney acquisition plans after competition scrutiny
...entities Atlantic Oils and Geaney Oil via three depots. The two distributors sell home-heating oil, diesel and sulphur-free gas oil and other products. East Cork Oil distributes fuel products, including...
Interview
Carbery Plastics celebrates 45 years of storage tank success
...alongside Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for product testing purposes. A range of environmentally preferred, integrally bunded heating oil tanks was also introduced and such was the success of the new...
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Shortlisted proposal would see UK village swap from natural gas to hydrogen in 2025
...use in home heating to commence in 2025. The overall contract for the Village sits with Cadent. Cadent has proposed to bring the first ever UK Hydrogen Village project to...
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Raising awareness – carbon monoxide and fossil fuels
...fossil fuels. Research in the Republic of Ireland during its CO awareness week in September found that only 50% of consumers were aware of the potential risk from oil heating...