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Industry body backs fuel poverty campaign
...struggling to pay for their heating oil, our members provide a range of schemes, including monthly fuel payment plan options, and encourage people to speak to their local fuel distributor...
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Opinion
Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget
...of the UK’s challenge to reach net zero, particularly in heating. We also welcome the inclusion of biokerosene within the range of low carbon heating options endorsed for off-gas grid...
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Distributor Diaries January 24: the latest updates from our distributor community
...Abby continues. “The Flame 35 industrial heating oil, coupled with the cutting-edge tank infrastructure, positions us as a reliable partner for businesses seeking efficient heating solutions. “The new tank not...
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Wanted – a total rethink on the UK’s low carbon heat strategy
...position to make the large leap towards wholly renewable heating,” said OFTEC director general Jeremy Hawksley. Working towards a low carbon future for heating Committed to working towards a low...
Opinion
Could electrification decarbonise petrochemical refining?
...to use electric process heating systems with far fewer size constraints than energy and environmental engineers previously imagined and secondly, the control of these megawatt size heating systems is demonstrated...
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Oil-fired homes – the clear winners
...existing buildings in the Republic of Ireland. “Oil prices have tumbled once more, making oil heating the cheapest form of home heating regardless of location, type of property and whether...
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A future framework for heat in buildings: call for evidence
...phase out high carbon fossil fuel heating in off gas grid buildings‘ Evidence is sought from across society and, in particular, from consumers and the heat market – those using...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner – Who will win the race?
...of replacing fossil fuels for heating requirements that can’t currently be met by the gas grid, heat pumps or district heating networks.” We are working closely with our partners at...
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A more diverse energy era for OFTEC
Adrian Lightwood – “The Heating and Renewables Roadshows present an excellent opportunity to showcase OFTEC’s new scopes of registration” The Oil-Fired Technical Association (OFTEC) is to showcase its new scopes...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...alternative to oil. Thousands of our customers across Cornwall and the South West will have to change their oil-fired heating systems in the not-too-distant future, and that’s why we’re doing...
Opinion
Biomass Strategy acknowledges off-grid challenges and role for HVO
...decarbonise domestic heating and meet net zero targets, the strategy has made disappointingly little progress in delivering detailed analysis of availability and demand. Listening to concerns Recent days have seen...
Opinion
Ken’s Corner: Here Comes the Sun?
...the heating oil buying season? I’m not entirely sure. When I first started in this industry, there was a clear bias towards winter sales. However, the recent summer data has...
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UKIFDA supports TRA proposals on HVO
...for heating industry in the UK is currently concentrating on renewable liquid fuels as a replacement for conventional fossil-based heating oil, in particular Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The fuel provides...
Opinion
Response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan
The liquid fuel distribution industry believes that the Government must not ignore the use and benefits of renewable liquid fuels in home heating. There are nearly 700,000 homes in Ireland...
Insight
Sector legislation: Government strategy, incentives and progress for heat pumps
...problem with rolling out low carbon heating is that it remains cheaper to burn fossil fuels, which is completely incompatible with the UK’s legal obligation to deliver Net Zero by...
Opinion
Creating a low carbon energy system
...commodities can say the same. “Heating oil is still one of the most competitive sources of heating. This needs to be taken into consideration when we plan for the future.” ...
News
Fuel poor left out in the cold
...develop a heating strategy that is fair for all and will help those most in need. Fuel poverty data released by the Office of National Statistics earlier this year shows...
Opinion
New ECO3 proposal to exclude oil boilers
...the deadline for responses is this Sunday (29th April). Under the new proposals, oil-heated households will still be eligible to fit energy efficiency measures such as insulation and heating controls...