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Highs and lows of the oil price drop

...fuelled by heating oil. As the first wave of the Coronavirus spread across the globe, forcing the majority of the world into lockdown, the demand for fuel fell off a...

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Committed to carbon neutral liquid fuel

...that doesn’t cause rural households a huge expense or inconvenience. “Whilst we understand the investment in electric solutions, we’re concerned that for heating rural homes switching to an electric heating...

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Kerosene prices rise less than other fuels

New statistics show that oil prices have remained more stable than other forms of heating. A comparison of heating costs for the last five years, based on information supplied by...

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ESL Fuels hits one billion litre sales for Ultra 35

...of this heating oil product.” Ultra 35 is a dedicated heating oil unconstrained by different engine specifications and is therefore able to offer boiler engineers consistently proven performance across a...

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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published consultation documents for the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The new proposals all but rule out the inclusion of B30K Bioheating Oil,...

Opinion

Red diesel update: Navigating the evolving fuel landscape

...alternatives to diesel for commercial heating applications, there are a number of cost-effective solutions on the market.  Industrial heating oil/Therma35 and kerosene are drop in alternatives that do not require...

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TRA proposes removal of HVO measures

...heating The TRA also established that there is demand for HVO in the UK for use in heating buildings as it offers a cost-effective and more environmentally friendly alternative to...

Opinion

Call for certainty on renewable liquid fuel

Recognition of the potential for renewable liquid fuel solutions in decarbonising off-grid home heating is welcomed but industry calls for an end to ‘unacceptable limbo’. Industry trade associations UKIFDA and...
Looking at the challenge of ensuring that HVO is a genuinely sustainable future fuel

Knowledge

HVO – The issue of sustainability

While we await clearer government direction and legislation on the tricky issues of decarbonisation of both transport and domestic heating, competing solutions continue to voice the arguments for their inclusion....

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Lobbying for a better off-grid deal

In the run-up to last month’s Budget, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) had been lobbying the government on various fronts for the off-grid heating oil industry.  Writing to Mr...
Winter campaign launches

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UKIFDA’s winter campaign launches

...For heating oil users who are struggling to pay for their heating oil, the campaign includes resources such as the Government’s Help For Households initiative and its Help With Your...

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Kerosene – supply and quality

Like driving on the left, the UK is pretty much on its own when it comes to using kerosene as a heating oil Picking kerosene in the UK because of...

Interview

Topaz – keeping Ireland moving

...home heating customers. In its distribution business the company sells home heating oil to Topaz owned businesses north and south of the border and to authorised distributors – some of...