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Ken's Corner

Opinion

Ken’s Corner: A week is a long time…

...heated by oil. How Ireland is heated Source: Census 2022 A significantly higher proportion of oil heated homes are in rural areas compared to all homes in Ireland. 28% of...
The Weeks

Interview

The downstream customer

...the customers have considered acquiring a heat pump or other low carbon heating solution, Claudia asked them for their thoughts: Elspeth: “We would certainly be interested in having a heat...

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New jobs and a home heat campaign at Topaz

Roz Purcell launches the Topaz home heat campaign 2014 In January, Topaz will create 110 new jobs with the opening of two new service stations developed at a cost of...

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Showcasing oil heating’s future

...year, the show’s commercial lead, Jonathan Hibbert, said:  “This show is about oil working smarter and more efficiently alongside complementary renewable technologies such as solar PV, solar thermal, heat pumps...

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Oil heating updates on Oilsave website

The Oilsave website has been updated to carry new campaign material to promote oil heating to consumers. Members of the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) are due to receive an...

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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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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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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...

Opinion

Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget

...include liquid biofuels in policy for off the gas grid homes. Hydrogen is an option as an alternative to gas heating as well as heat pumps and rural consumers should...

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UKIFDA challenges Irish government on biofuels

...(used for home heating and hot water) accepts the urgent need to decarbonise heating. Liquid fuel, more specifically a bio product, can be part of the solution to achieve net...

Opinion

UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition

...All of these improvements will increase energy efficiency, create carbon efficiency and reduce bills. Carbon reduction without retrofitting “The continued focus on electrification of heat using heat pumps for those...
MPs support bill to incentivise rural households to convert kerosene boilers to HVO

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MPs support bill to incentivise renewable liquid fuels

A proposal to incentivise rural households to use HVO to fuel their heating systems has been put to parliament. On Wednesday 11th January, the influential Cornish Conservative MP and former...