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FPS Clean Growth Future Vision
...Ireland which currently rely on liquid fuels for their heating. “Having always supported the principle of decarbonisation, clean growth and clear air, our Clean Growth Future Vision brochure sets out...
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Boiler scrappage to tackle air quality?
...a target of replacing 500,000 boilers in London by 2020 and for all boilers to meet the ultra low NOx by 2025. The suggestion was welcomed by the Heating &...
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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements
Relief Last week’s budget announcement brought relief to agriculture, rail, fish farming and non-commercial heating with all being exempt from the abolishment of the red diesel subsidy. Whilst this news...
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Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
Last year, in September 2022, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) met in the offices of Longford Council, Northern Ireland with Paddy Diffley, the buildings and facilities manager of...
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Low carbon liquid fuel – centre stage at this month’s OFTEC conference
...unveiling the results of its independent research into how oil-heated homes can best transition to a low-to-zero carbon heating solution and reduce their overall emissions. The unveiling will take...
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Mistletoe and Wine!
I unashamedly leave a copy of Fuel Oil News on the kitchen table in the hope that someone in the family is interested enough to read about what I do....
Opinion
OFTEC and UKIFDA response to the British Energy Security Strategy
...energy you don’t use, so this is where the new strategy should have started. “We are particularly concerned about off-gas grid households that use oil heating. The government has stated...
Case Study
Manx Petroleum chooses Touchstar’s Fuelstar software to future proof operations
...which it serves all markets within the Isle of Man community, Manx Petroleum supplies grades of heating oils for home, business and industry. The operation is fully supported by an...
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Deal could see key hydrogen role for Fawley
...by 2050, including the heating demand of 800,000 homes across the South of England. An increase in the use of hydrogen with carbon capture would help reduce emissions in the...
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Over 100 companies add signatures of support to industry letter to Secretary of State
...2030, and its commitment to support consumers to decarbonise home heating. Addressing the specific challenges around off-grid homes, the letter highlights the affordable, immediately deliverable, solution developed by the industry,...
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Call for urgent heat policy intervention
...as part a series of measures required to tackle the fuel poverty crisis at its root.” “Whilst continuing to support oil heating in the short term may seem to go...
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Boiler sales exceed expectations
...winter’s heating season which saw a welcome improvement in boiler sales, this positive trend continued into the spring with oil boiler sales up over 23% on the same quarter in...
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It’s a boy-ler!
...oil – will be raffled to raise money for children’s charity, Acorns Children’s Hospice. Fans of the royals who want to get their hands on the limited edition CDi Compact...
Case Study
Driving customer satisfaction through digitalisation
...and, in 2020, forged a partnership with FoxInsights, European market innovator in remote monitoring intelligence for heating oil, diesel, lubricants, LPG, pellets, and waste oil. The partnership with FoxInsights presented...
Opinion
OFTEC urges support for renewable liquid fuels after PM outlines 10-point plan
...replace heating oil. This option offers a near ‘drop-in’ solution for existing oil-heated homes, greatly reducing capital costs. It could also deliver rapid progress towards net zero if supported though...
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Fighting fuel poverty in the Midlands
...Suppliers (FPS) – together with Midlands-based heating oil distributors, AID Fuels, Nolan Oils and Midland Fuel Oil – have been fundraising to help those in fuel poverty and have awarded...
Interview
In celebration of Prince Petroleum
...time, the business had expanded into road fuels, home heating oil and agricultural fuels. From the early days a steady flow of business gradually moved onwards and upwards to the...
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Boiler scrappage in next month’s Budget?
...Petroleum Suppliers (FPS), the Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC) and the UK LPG Association (UKLPG) have written to George Osborne calling for him to introduce an England-wide boiler replacement...