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...build homes from 2025 and in existing homes from 2035. The recent ‘Off-Grid Consultation’ subsequently proposed an end to new fossil fuel heating installations specifically in off-grid homes from 2026...
Malcolm Farrow of OFTEC discusses the future of off-grid decarbonisation and liquid fuel Spending cuts and a changed political landscape. What now for off-grid decarbonisation? In the face of mounting...
The Government’s Biomass Strategy delivers a greater acknowledgement of the unique challenges facing rural off-grid homeowners but a frustrating lack of detail. Recognising renewable liquid fuels as a pathway to...
...customers of our members – the 1.25 million mainly rural homeowners who are off grid. “Nothing was mentioned in the budget about a boiler scrappage scheme or help for off-grid...
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With 88% of those off-grid having an EPC rating of E, F, or G these homes are generally unsuitable for a heat pump installation, says Neil Schofield, head of government...
Last week National Grid announced that over 9,000 homes ranging from island cottages on Orkney to terraced houses in London are set to benefit from the first payments from its new...
...off grid energy customers. This includes offering incentives to replace an estimated 900,000 old oil boilers with condensing boilers which would save every customer at least 20% off their fuel...
...right for the Vitorondens boiler to be more widely introduced into the UK as an alternative to biomass and LPG boilers for off-grid customers and where renewable options aren’t always...
...and OFTEC welcome the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy and associated off-grid consultation which recognises the role of renewable liquid fuels in supporting the decarbonisation of off-grid households...
...British public engaged with the process. Among the announcements he included: Existing plans to ban the installation of oil and LPG boilers, and new coal heating, in off-grid homes will...
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...cent in 2021 (3.16 million). Characteristics that impact fuel poverty Off-grid and rural Note: Oil heated homes are all off the gas grid, and c90% are deemed rural. However, the...
...statement made in the response by government which said most off-grid homes are suitable for heat pump deployment, quoting their own study undertaken by Delta Energy and Environment (Delta EE)...
...Chief Executive of OFTEC, and Ken Cronin, Chief Executive of UKIFDA, issued a joint statement on decarbonising off-grid homes: “Many of our off grid customers live in rural communities, with...
...off-grid does not take into account the high price consumers would have to pay to change existing systems. The majority of the UK’s rural off grid homes are pre 1919...
...2030, and its commitment to support consumers to decarbonise home heating. Addressing the specific challenges around off-grid homes, the letter highlights the affordable, immediately deliverable, solution developed by the industry,...
...homes and two million non-residential buildings use energy.” The CCC continues to support the view that electrification is best, but acknowledges that there are some issues with off-grid homes regarding...
...at the forefront of the energy transition in the transport sector. What role is Flexigrid playing in delivering this transition? Flexigrid has an important role in helping test and prove...
...carbon products that best suit their needs and budgets. “The CCC suggest hybrid heating systems as an appropriate solution for off-grid properties. We believe this is important consideration for some...
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