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Showcasing oil heating’s future
There are two million off-grid homes in the UK and Ireland. Over the next 20 years, these homes will slowly but surely need to decarbonise. Along the way, greater energy...
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Helping with Ireland’s energy transition
...for everyone committed to cutting carbon in Ireland, our members currently deliver heating oil to 686,000 households, mainly in rural and off-grid locations where a great deal of consideration must...
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Vulnerable rural households hit by discrepancies
...replaced and so continue to benefit from using the cheapest fuel for the off-grid sector. Latest industry figures from Sutherland Tables show the four-year average price of heating oil in Great Britain...
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OFT boosts transparency on heating oil prices
...from its 2011 Off-Grid Energy Market Study, which identified concerns that some suppliers may not be treating their customers fairly. Mary Starks, senior director in the OFT’s services, infrastructure and...
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UKIFDA announces new chief executive
...in the industry and stakeholders we will continue to urge governments to put a clear pathway in place, from which our industry will respond to the supply challenge.” Off-grid communities...
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Fay takes over as OFTEC chairman
With copies of OFTEC’s Vision for the future of off-grid domestic heating in England and Wales, Niall Fay (l) with OFTEC CEO Paul Rose Photo by ©Andrew Higgins 2017 OFTEC...
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Energy select committee visits the village at the heart of the industry fuel campaign
...to 2035 following pressure from both consumers and cross-party MPs. According to the government’s online calculator, some off-grid properties could face costs of over £20,000 as well as significant disruption...
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Ken’s Corner – Governments need to be here to help
...grid. We know from research commissioned for the UK Government that this is a real problem in rural communities. At 90% capacity (to provide for redundancy), nearly 25% of the...
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What future for heating oil?
Current perspectives The recent (2011) OFT Off-Grid Energy Study assessed that approximately four million UK households were not connected to the gas grid, of which around 1.6 million use kerosene...
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Industry unites to discuss the future of liquid fuel heating
...has been made since OFTEC’s strategy for the future of off-grid heating was officially launched at last year’s conference and AGM,” said Paul Rose. “A year ago we were talking...
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Successful MP drop-in session brings further support for HVO
...Malcolm Farrow, head of public affairs for OFTEC, commented: “The MPs appeared well-informed about the challenges of decarbonising off-grid heating and all were interested in broadly supportive of our plans...
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EOGB hits out at oil’s exclusion from ECO funding
...a new oil appliance. Consumers in off-grid homes may be allowed to fit other solutions such as air source heat pumps and LPG boilers, but these systems are more expensive...
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BBC throws a spotlight on successful HVO project
...community’, the BBC has now turned the spotlight on an increasingly supported alternative – the use of renewable liquid fuel for the immediate decarbonisation of off-grid homes. At the end...
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Committed to carbon neutral liquid fuel
...off-grid homeowners are met,” says Guy Pulham, FPS CEO As an alternative to heating oil, the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has reiterated its ongoing commitment to a carbon neutral...
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Concerns raised – UK housing: fit for the future?
...at a later stage. However, for existing homes, particularly in the challenging off-grid sector, they continue to fall into the trap of not considering the potential benefits of all low...
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Dunraven Systems gets OilFiredUp
...to the off-grid energy sector. “The main focus is to keep readers up to date with current market trends, market intelligence, topical issues and technological developments. With its modern digital...
Opinion
Call for affordable low carbon heating solutions to overcome biggest barrier
...Building Strategy, the government set out a heat pump first approach as the primary solution to decarbonisation. For off-grid homes, the proposals called for an end to the installation of...
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HVO: An industry update
...present policy of backing heat pumps as the solution for off-grid domestic heating is totally impractical for any home that cannot achieve an EPC rating C without incurring massive cost...