News
New HVO tanker for James D Bilsland
Croftamie based James D Bilsland recently shared images of its brand new tanker, running on HVO. Jodie Allan, manager, James D Bilsland commented: “We have just purchased a new truck...
search | hvo
News
XPO switches distribution depot heating fuel to HVO in sustainability drive
...sustainability agenda. The company, which has committed to being a responsible supply chain partner, has replaced the site’s heating fuel with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel. The HVO product sourced...
News
First HVO boiler on new build site in Northern Ireland
...just recommissioned a newly installed boiler in Northern Ireland to run on HVO. The homeowner wants to reduce his carbon footprint and is running his central heating boiler on HVO...
News
HVO switch saves RNLI lifeboat six tonnes of carbon emissions
A Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat has saved six tonnes of carbon emissions on its first voyage using Scania-endorsed Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). The lifeboat embarked on a 200...
News
Successful MP drop-in session brings further support for HVO
...explain the benefits of HVO, and to launch a detailed study on the 17 homes in the village of Kehelland that are participating in the industry led HVO demonstration project....
News
Family business targets forecourts with launch of ‘HVO Diesel For Resale’ offer
Grangemouth-based LubiQ is a family-run business that supplies HVO fuel as well as a host of other fleet and auto supplies. Describing itself as a ‘dynamic and responsive’ business that...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...around 150 properties have switched to the renewable liquid fuel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as part of an industry-funded demonstration. HVO is manufactured from waste cooking oil and feedstocks, meets...
News
BBC throws a spotlight on successful HVO project
...been converted to run on HVO. https://vimeo.com/855315194/1678e60589 Watch the full coverage above. A lifeline The growing concerns among rural communities over the potential costs of decarbonisation, highlighted in the interview,...
News
West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
...we are saving CO2 emissions as well.” The cost of conscience “The price (of the HVO fuel) is dearer (than kerosene),” Liam continued. “But it is hoped that it will...
News
HVO to fuel Selwood pumps
...gas emissions. Selwood has also committed to ensuring that new pumps manufactured at its headquarters in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, for use in the UK and around the world, are HVO-compatible,...
Opinion
The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene
...HVO is around £500 – a conversion expected to take less than an hour. Off-grid and on radar The role HVO can play in sustainable, low carbon heating is beginning...
News
Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
...Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a biofuel offering an immediate c.87% reduction in carbon equivalent emissions. David Blevings, Ireland Manager for OFTEC and director of NIOF, takes up the story: “In...
News
£800,000 investment expands HVO fuel trials
...oil heating to the renewable fuel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) this winter, amounting to an initial investment of over £800,000. The news follows the publication of the government’s Heat and...
Opinion
The Energy Act: One year on – where is the promised consultation?
...Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), would create the renewable liquid heating fuel obligation and pave the way for the introduction of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and other renewable fuels for...
News
Energy select committee visits the village at the heart of the industry fuel campaign
...was also running on HVO. The Kehelland community experience David and Jane Biggs, who have been using HVO for over two years, spoke with the committee about their experience. They...
News
An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...confidence in HVO already in Cornwall, as John explained: “This positive attitude is great news for Mitchell and Webber customers, as the greater the demand for HVO, we very much...
News
BBC coverage for Kehelland HVO project
Following on from previous reports of the growing awareness of the industry HVO project and the introduction of the Government’s successful amendment to the Energy Bill the story of the...
News
Further support for HVO in Northern Ireland
...the use of HVO as a near drop-in and, therefore, very cost-effective, replacement for kerosene. David Blevings, NIOF, explains: “Further to our November article, ‘NI Energy Strategy – an update’,...