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...two-stage strategy to decarbonise off-grid homes was launched last year. OFTEC plans focus on an incentivised programme to upgrade the 400,000 old, inefficient oil boilers still in use across England...
...dilemmas. Energy efficiency The OFT study also found lower levels of energy efficiency in the dwellings of off-grid households. In Britain, 49% of off-grid households had the lowest Energy Performance...
...to the gas grid to cut their carbon emissions through a series of planned steps, rather than one major heating system change. Biofuels would allow off-grid homes to switch to...
...for the complex rural off-gas grid sector. As a new survey of off-gas grid consumers reveals increasing concerns over the cost of transitioning to low carbon heating, the government is...
Recognition of the potential for renewable liquid fuel solutions in decarbonising off-grid home heating is welcomed but industry calls for an end to ‘unacceptable limbo’. Industry trade associations UKIFDA and...
...engages with off-grid trade associations like UKIFDA. “Our Members deal directly with heating oil customers across Scotland on a daily basis and have a wealth of knowledge that could provide...
...liquid fuels for off-grid heating would also reduce the burden on electricity generation and grid capacity, particularly during periods of high demand during winter. “We absolutely agree that government support...
...important role in the UK’s transition to net zero. But they are expensive to install and not the right option for all properties, including many energy inefficient off-grid homes without...
...for reducing carbon emissions in off-grid homes was liquid biofuel. A B100 fuel (containing zero fossil fuel) would result in a cost of £122 per tonne of carbon saved which...
...in a cost effective manner. A greater focus on off-grid customers With energy prices receiving an increasing amount of media coverage, it is important to ensure that off-grid fuel customers...
Greenergy Flexigrid Ltd (Flexigrid) is the wholly owned logistics business for Greenergy. Originally founded to supply low-emission diesel, Greenergy has built its business on minimising the impact of its operations,...
...carbon future for the off-grid sector. The 2022 conference, returning to its live format this year after the previous two events were held virtually due to the pandemic, is being...
The liquid fuel heating industry called on the government to take immediate action to ensure the UK’s off-grid homes and businesses have affordable and realistic decarbonisation solutions as leaders gathered...
...other research and innovation on our future heating systems, including hydrogen”. What role for low carbon liquid fuels? After intense lobbying from those involved in heating the off-grid sector, biofuel...
...OFTEC calls on the government to adopt a technology neutral approach to off-grid decarbonisation which recognises renewable liquid fuels. OFTEC argues that harder to treat rural off gas grid oil...
...to the Government’s current ‘heat pump first strategy’ under which off-grid homes will be banned from buying replacement boilers from 2026, instead expected to install air source or ground source...
...pathway for off-grid heating in rural communities to help to achieve ambitions for a net-zero carbon economy. We are though, disappointed that there is not much detail in the published...
...hybrid heating systems and include bio-fuels such as B30K • Extend government funding to support low income off-grid households Speaking about the letter, which has received significant positive support from...
