News
Fuel poor left out in the cold
...for ECO is the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). However, the focus of the RHI is firmly on carbon reduction by encouraging the take up of 100% renewable heating technologies...
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Insight
Welsh strategy supports 2050 net zero heat targets
The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on its Heat Strategy for Wales, designed to support its commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. As well as mapping out the...
News
Campaign-leading distributor first to lift US imported HVO following tariff removal
...in response to the government’s announced proposals to stop new heating oil boiler sales by 2026 with a heat pump first approach. UKIFDA and OFTEC, representing the liquid fuel industry,...
Interview
Mitchell & Webber: driving the ground breaking campaign for a liquid fuel future
...their heating, either for financial or practical reasons. In a rural area like ours, with many older properties that can’t be easily converted to other sources of low-carbon heating, a...
News
Distributor showcases future fuel ready Rayburn that indicates belief in HVO
The Rayburn Heatranger is a new model of the popular home-heating and cooking appliance that has been designed to run on fossil-free liquid fuel straight out of the box. Put...
News
Distributor supports UK-wide initiative to help vulnerable off grid customers
A pioneering scheme to ensure some of the UK’s most vulnerable residents can heat their homes this winter is being backed by independent heating oil distributor WCF. The Cold Weather...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Strong and Stable
...consultation, which was predominantly heat pump-orientated, it was stated that using a heat pump with an efficiency of 2.82, “the cost of running a heat pump is less expensive compared...
News
Firebird highlights HVO opportunity during Minister’s visit
Firebird Heating Solutions took the opportunity to raise the profile of HVO as a sustainable alternative for home heating when Minister for Finance Jack Chambers met with the organisation’s 100-plus...
Opinion
Is the heating oil market threatened by the government’s decision not to support bioliquids under the renewable heat incentive?
...I would need a degree to understand the Renewable Heat Incentive in the first place. It does not affect our customer base at present.” Kevin Bennetts, Consols Oils, Cornwall “We...
News
Backing the government’s new fuel poverty strategy for England
...said Mark Askew, FPS chief executive. “Especially as it will not only help those living in fuel poverty in gas-heated homes but those who can’t afford to properly heat their...
News
SEA call for regulation welcomed by UKIFDA
...the Decarbonisation of Heat in homes off the gas grid’ followed a consultation with industry stakeholders. It outlines the benefits of introducing a carbon intensity standard for heating within the...
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Certas accelerates energy transition strategy with renewables appointment and acquisition
...heat pump distributors Waterkotte, Space Air Solutions, Daikin and most recently, as Commercial Director for Glen Dimplex Heating and Ventilation, Mark has over 20 years’ experience in construction and the...
Opinion
Industry urges Government on rural decarbonisation strategy as customer cost concerns grow
Ahead of publication of the government’s long-awaited Warm Homes Plan, the liquid fuel heating industry has called for the adoption of five key recommendations that will ensure a successful transition...
Opinion
Response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan
...a similarly important role in cutting emissions in the heating sector. Introducing a Renewable Heat Obligation, which would be operated in a similar manner to the Biofuels Obligation Scheme, would...
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...
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,...
News
Strategic acquisition completes Rix Petroleum’s energy provision for domestic customers
...Heating Specialists, based on Staites Road, Preston, for an undisclosed sum. The move follows two other acquisitions in the domestic energy sector and completes the family company’s heating and plumbing...
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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...