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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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Calls for Government support as oil homes switch to fossil-free HVO in numbers
...the first home in the UK to HVO Cornwall based fuel distributor Mitchell and Webber, which has been supplying kerosene to homes and businesses across Cornwall and Devon for over...
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East Cork Oil abandons Atlantic and Geaney acquisition plans after competition scrutiny
...entities Atlantic Oils and Geaney Oil via three depots. The two distributors sell home-heating oil, diesel and sulphur-free gas oil and other products. East Cork Oil distributes fuel products, including...
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UKIFDA submits its views on the Northern Ireland Energy Strategy
...this will have a positive impact on off-grid home heating transition plans.” The right technology for the right home Many of the homes in Northern Ireland heated by oil are...
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MP visits first ever fossil-free HVO village, converted in industry trials
...has shown that worries about the cost of installing new low-carbon heating systems are a major barrier for consumers. David Biggs, a homeowner in Kehelland, has a standard oil-fired boiler...
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Heating oil theft falls
...Latest figures from the Sutherland Tables, a recognised independent source of comparative UK domestic heating prices, show oil is still by far the cheapest of all major home heating fuels....
Opinion
Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: experience is a valuable commodity
...in the home heating sector, many customers may not be aware of the brand of boiler they use, and I am sure it is not a subject regularly discussed down...
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FPS calls on chancellor to do more for off grid homeowners
...most funding is delivered in urban areas. Oil heating is currently recognised by the independent provider of comparative home heating costs, Sutherland Tables, as being the cheapest form of heating...
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127% more expensive than heating oil
...facing a 12.5% rise in electricity prices, the average cost of heating a home on oil continues to fall, reigniting OFTEC’s call for government to urgently review its current heat...
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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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The future pathway for liquid fuel heating
...promoted by many as the answer to low carbon heating for off-grid homes. However, the poor thermal efficiency of rural homes and the widely evidenced failure of the domestic RHI...
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SEA call for regulation welcomed by UKIFDA
...the Decarbonisation of Heat in homes off the gas grid’ followed a consultation with industry stakeholders. It outlines the benefits of introducing a carbon intensity standard for heating within the...
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Oil – the only heating fuel where prices have fallen
...in heating costs of 14% and 16.5% respectively. the price of oil has decreased by 2.18%. Directly comparing the price of heating a three bedroom home in January 2011 to...
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Government announces increased heating oil payment to be made ‘in the new year’.
Having announced last month that the one-off payment to off-grid properties that use alternative fuels, such as heating oil, liquified petroleum gas, coal or biomass for heating has been increased...
Insight
Industry data: the latest update from the UKIFDA databank
...average number of heating degree days (HDD) was 6.9. Heating oil Consumption March 2023 saw the highest consumption since February 2021. Between April 2022 and March 2023, heating oil consumption...
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...
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OFTEC supports installer transition to decarbonised world
...for rural households and would secure a future pathway for oil heating technicians. “Decarbonising heat from homes, particularly those off the gas grid, presents a major challenge,” said Malcolm. “A...
Interview
In conversation with George Eustice MP
...the passing of the amendment and the promise of a consultation to consider incentivising the uptake of sustainable liquid fuels for domestic heating. “It was quite the achievement, because the...