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High cost and limited feedstock hinder scaling of SAF

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High cost and limited feedstock hinder scaling of SAF

...production of this emerging fuel. Despite SAF’s potential to substantially lower CO2 emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional jet fuel, its current production represents a fraction of total...

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Significant changes to the UK heating market

...duty to be completely carbon free by 2050. This will mean that traditional fossil fuels currently used to heat our buildings will need to be replaced with low carbon fuels...

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Calls for clarity on recent Budget announcements

...today’s Budget in connection with energy and the low carbon economy,” said Darren Walsh, energy partner at DWF. “There is clear support for a carbon capture and storage power station...

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Londoners urged to scrap their boilers

...improve the UK’s domestic energy efficiency and substantially reduce carbon emissions.” “Our country urgently needs carbon reduction schemes that don’t cost the earth and actually work,” said OFTEC director general...

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Raw deal for rural renewables

...using oil for heating and hot water. If an existing oil-fired boiler was replaced with a biomass model then fuel bills would actually rise by £430 per year. Ground source...

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Reality check needed off-grid

...heat from rural homes is to use reduced carbon fuel alternatives. Turning to fuels such as bio-kerosene, biopropane, or even Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO), would allow us to continue to...

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Time to change the oil?

...government must now take urgent action to cut carbon emissions in order to comply with its obligations to protect the human rights of Dutch citizens. A watershed The case was...

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Sheffield steelmakers set to switch to cleaner fuel

...said that enabling fuel switching from natural gas to low carbon hydrogen is critical to decarbonising high temperature industrial processes that can’t be electrified.  He added: “Over the past 20...

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Don’t let Covid derail decarbonisation

...on creating a greener economy but, with little cash in the government’s pot and consumers tightening their belts, it’s clear more than ever that the route to a low carbon...
RAC recovery truck

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RAC introduces HVO to reduce recovery truck emissions

As part of its strategy to reduce carbon emissions, the RAC is trialling 100% renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as an alternative fuel to power its recovery trucks. The RAC...

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Greenergy invests in advanced biofuels project

Greenergy announces its continued commitment to renewables through an investment in advanced biofuels. Utilising a combination of existing technologies, the project will create low carbon fuels from waste tyre feedstock....