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Significant changes to the UK heating market

...heating installers Significant changes are coming to the UK heating market that will affect thousands of installers and heating engineers. A survey launched today gives you the opportunity to shape...

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Could heating oil prices be frozen?

...very little mention was made of other fuels such as heating oil. The possibility of a heating oil price freeze Citing international factors, gas and electricity suppliers plus a number...

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Domestic heating oil users urged to place orders now

Customers are recommended to place heating oil orders with local distributors as normal ahead of the winter period, as industry trade association, UKIFDA, welcomes further increased support for domestic heating...

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Rushing to put the heating on

...Those in Durham (42%) were most likely to turn on their central heating, followed by Carlisle (39%). In Bristol 24% resorted to central heating help, and in Manchester 28%. www.emooil.co.uk...

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Industry professionals debate heating strategies

Heating industry professionals favour ‘a more gradual stepped approach to low carbon heating which would be far more palatable for consumers’ says Jeremy Hawksley According to the results of a...

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127% more expensive than heating oil

...solutions to start reducing carbon emissions from heating now.” OFTEC’s proposals for the future of off-grid heating are outlined in its vision document officially launched to government earlier this year....

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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas

Jeremy Hawksley – welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households who use oil for heating Oil is now the cheapest of all the major heating fuels,...

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Vital role for hydrogen in decarbonising home heating

...decarbonising home heating and forcing a single option on consumers could risk alienating them. Home heating accounts for 14% of all UK emissions. Household emissions from heating and hot water...

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Cheaper heating bills for oil households

...the other main heating fuels used by off gas grid homes – show an increase in heating costs of 23.9% and 2.2% respectively with LPG, used by some 170,000 off...

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Will liquid fuels be heating homes in 2030?

...encouraging hybrid heating systems could be a better way forward. OFTEC’s technical director Paul Rose outlined the possibilities and advantages offered for rural homes by hybrid home heating systems –...

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Decarbonising heating – delay for domestic RHI

...plans to carry out a review of the tariffs under this scheme to drive forward further uptake. Read The Future of Heating: Meeting the Challenge at www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-of-heating-meeting-the-challenge What are the...

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Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels

...data on comparative UK domestic heating prices, oil is now by far the cheapest of all the major heating fuels, costing just £930 a year to heat an average three...

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What future for heating oil?

...for domestic heating, representing 6% of the total heating fuel market. LPG use as domestic fuel accounted for a further circa 200,000 households. In comparison, natural gas is used by...

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The future pathway for liquid fuel heating

The key theme of OFTEC’s 2018 annual conference was liquid fuel heating’s future. OFTEC CEO Paul Rose updated members and guests on the key steps achieved since the trade association’s...