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NI oil stocks low due to unexpectedly high demand
David Blevings, spokesperson for NIOF said: “We have seen unprecedented demand for home heating oil during August as prices moved lower in the early part of the month and consumers...
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Government confirms all new HGVs zero emission by 2040
...matures; many of our members are keen to utilise these low-carbon alternatives. Logistics UK is therefore urging the government to give confidence to operators looking to invest in low carbon...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...hard to treat rural properties. Our proposed low carbon liquid fuel would provide an easy to implement alternative to kerosene which wouldn’t rely on improved insulation to deliver substantial carbon...
Opinion
UKPIA welcomes investments in hydrogen
...important part of the refining process, use of low carbon hydrogen would result in significant reductions of emissions at the refinery and, therefore, across the lifecycle of all of its...
Opinion
Distributor urges UK Government to follow Irish lead on heat obligation, as Cornish trial delivers huge carbon savings.
...Faced with the growing need to decarbonise, fuel distributor Mitchell & Webber has helped the Cornish village to transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy, demonstrating how straightforward and successful...
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UK businesses pledge £3bn investment and call on PM to back British hydrogen
...high-skilled, green jobs, in sectors that will be critical to the future economy, such as low-carbon energy, transport and heavy industry. “These measures would be wholly complimentary to the Government’s...
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Low carbon liquid fuel – centre stage at this month’s OFTEC conference
...detailed analysis of the oil-heated housing stock, included modelling which compared the rival low carbon energy solutions for these homes. Technical director at Kiwa UK Group, Mark Crowther, who has...
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Concerns raised – UK housing: fit for the future?
...acceptance that a range of low carbon solutions may be more successful in meeting the UK’s diverse needs. BEIS also appears to understand that measures which are low cost, and...
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127% more expensive than heating oil
...in the near future,” commented OFTEC chief executive Paul Rose. “Electrically powered heat pumps, along with biomass boilers, are two of the government’s preferred low carbon heating options promoted through...
Insight
Fuelling commercial road transport: the future energy mix
...which will be essential to achieving zero emissions, there will also be an interim role for sustainable low carbon liquid fuels to help facilitate the energy transition. Principally, these will...
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Distributor diaries November 2024: The latest updates from our distributor community
New Era Energy – supporting The Lighthouse Charity New Era Energy, the Essex-based fuel distributor, had a great time supporting The Lighthouse Charity at their Gala Dinner evening. The Lighthouse...
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Greenergy delivers green hydrogen in strategic partnership with Octopus Hydrogen
Octopus Hydrogen and Greenergy Flexigrid (‘Greenergy’) have agreed a logistics partnership for the collection and delivery of green hydrogen to Octopus Hydrogen customers. The NanoSUN mobile refuelling units will be...
Analysis
UK Downstream: bringing in the next generation
...lower carbon future and the part that they can play in this. “Pleasingly we have managed to overcome these hurdles and are now reaping the benefits, having employed a number...
Interview
Virgin Atlantic Flight100 – a flying start for future fuels
...is committed to net zero by 2050. Apart from SAF, what else is Virgin Atlantic investing in to reduce carbon emissions? There are two levers for in-sector carbon reductions in...
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Your NRG supplies renewable fuel for vehicle fleet transition at East Midlands Airport
East Midlands Airport has taken a major step towards further cutting its carbon footprint, thanks to Your NRG’s renewable HVO Fuel. The conversion is fleet-wide and includes airfield operations vehicles,...
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John Lewis Partnership steps away from fossil fuels
...goods vehicles to use a low-carbon alternative to diesel. This will aid the Partnership’s ambition to stop using fossil fuels across its entire 4,800 strong transport fleet by 2030. Serving...
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OFTEC calls on new government to be ‘more realistic’
OFTEC is calling for a ‘more joined-up carbon reduction and energy policy’ which still includes renewable technology incentives but also offers ‘more affordable measures such as a boiler scrappage scheme’...
Opinion
UKIFDA ‘not surprised’ by findings of public research
UKIFDA welcomes the findings from a survey of the GB public on the transition to a low-carbon heating future in a report from NatCen Social Research for BEIS. Guy Pulham...