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Loyal to oil – Watson Petroleum customers
A survey of 750 oil-using homes by Watson Petroleum and OFTEC earlier this year has revealed that oil heating remains a popular choice with few owners thinking of switching. Of...
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Brogan opens refurbished depot
...the region with road diesel, gas oil, heating oil and a full range of Shell and Total lubricants. It also stocks Harlequin oil & water tanks. Although focussed on the...
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Dunraven’s Apollo Smart gets smarter
Free software updates have been introduced for Dunraven’s Apollo Smart heating oil energy monitor. “There’s nothing worse than buying technology today, only to find it’s out of date tomorrow,” said...
Interview
Josh Burton, WCF Chandlers: The next generation
...Claudia asked Josh for his thoughts: “I think the domestic market will get smaller, especially with no new homes being built with heating oil systems. However, removing the need for...
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UKIFDA supportive of Scottish energy consultation proposals
...biofuels as a replacement to heating oil it would mean off grid households would not need such a large capital investment to improve the energy performance of their homes”. In...
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Report calls for a technology-agnostic approach to home heat decarbonisation
...and LCTs for decarbonising heat.” “The vast scope of technologies this will include ranges from electrified solutions, such as all types of heat pumps, direct electric heating, infrared heating, mechanical...
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UKIFDA’s winner of new Young Person of the Year Award
...Priority scheme have a full tank of heating oil and that their heating system is working well. “Her approach is always flexible and she will happily drive a range of...
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New crackdown on polluting truck drivers as DVSA steps up roadside checks
...public outcry against car manufacturers that have been cheating emissions standards, and the same rule should apply here too. “We all need clean air in which to live and work....
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First HVO boiler on new build site in Northern Ireland
With support rapidly growing for the use of renewable liquid fuels in the decarbonisation of home heating, another ‘first’ has recently been achieved. A new build property in Northern Ireland...
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Bring back boiler scrappage says Worcester
...central part of the sales process. The Green Deal is a great idea but tragically flawed, because it cuts straight across the heating industry supply chain, rather than working with...
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OFTEC: Time for open debate on off grid heat decarbonisation
...Buildings and Heat consultation, through its line of questioning, makes it impossible to bring the full range of low carbon heating options into the discussion. “If the Government is serious...
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Calls for an energy efficiency and carbon reduction policy
...to encourage consumers to switch to high efficiency, modern condensing boilers.” In partnership with Age UK, OFTEC has republished its Keeping Warm This Winter booklet. Download a PDF at www.oilsave.org.uk/OilSmart....
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Encouraging energy efficiency
...the colouring competition entry form, visit www.oilheatingforlife.com/ Entrants will be able to demonstrate their creative flair in a colouring competition that also shares expert ways in which families can be...
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In Conversation with NWF and Geoff Boorman Fuels
...on: the integration of Geoff Boorman Fuels with NWF Fuels Geoff Boorman Fuels, a distributor based in Edenbridge, Kent has been supplying domestic heating oil to homes throughout Kent, Sussex...
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Energy statistics show fall in oil production
Thr price of heating oils rose by 4.1 per cent between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012 Oil production fell by 13 per cent in the first quarter of 2012, when...
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£1bn investment in hydrogen venture supports Essar future
...a total of 1GW per year of hydrogen, across two units, from 2026. This is equivalent to the domestic heating energy used by a major British city region, such as...
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Innovation in flash point testing delivers increased speed and high accuracy
...Testing Program for Flash Point of Motor Oil Anton Paar participated in the FAM ILS Testing Program 2020 to test the motor oil samples 561 and 562 with the PMA...
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Earlier cashback on boilers
...scheme would not launch until the end of January.” He added: “With the Green Deal regarded as ‘the only show in town’ for the heating industry at present, there is...