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Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
Trade Associations OFTEC, TSA and UKIFDA have kicked off 2020 with the launch of a future vision for liquid fuels ‘Supply Chain Strategy for Liquid Fuels’, which details the steps...
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Oil heating more compatible with off-grid homes
Jeremy Hawksley, OFTEC director general The proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is unlikely to tackle the problem of carbon emissions from rural homes, according to OFTEC. In a written response...
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Further support for HVO in Northern Ireland
...we learn that OFTEC is promoting a video to local politicians ahead of the new NI Energy Strategy. The video shows how easy a transition to HVO will be for...
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Calls for Government support as oil homes switch to fossil-free HVO in numbers
...have now converted to the fossil-free kerosene alternative. The HVO demonstration is being led by trade associations OFTEC and UKIFDA, in partnership with fuel distributors and technicians, as part of...
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Ken Cronin, CEO UKIFDA: experience is a valuable commodity
...is worth noting that OFTEC will shortly be issuing revised training material which includes detailed information on conversion from kerosene to HVO. Delivering the renewable liquid fuel customer experience The...
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Successful MP drop-in session brings further support for HVO
On 24th May, industry trade bodies UKIFDA and OFTEC held a joint drop-in session for MPs in Westminster. 26 MPs or their researchers attended the highly successful event with a...
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The Energy Act: One year on – where is the promised consultation?
Industry bodies, UKIFDA and OFTEC, mark the anniversary of the Energy Act 2023. “The Government must deliver on promises made to rural communities.” On 26th October 2023, the Energy Act...
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Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
...Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO), a biofuel offering an immediate c.87% reduction in carbon equivalent emissions. David Blevings, Ireland Manager for OFTEC and director of NIOF, takes up the story: “In...
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Over 100 companies add signatures of support to industry letter to Secretary of State
Industry trade bodies UKIFDA and OFTEC have written a joint letter to the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to offer their cooperation in delivering carbon...
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Don’t let Covid derail decarbonisation
Responding to the 2021 Budget, OFTEC chief executive Paul Rose said: “The Chancellor didn’t hold back in outlining the financial toll the Covid-19 pandemic has taken on the UK economy,...
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Home heating policies are impacting voting intentions in key rural constituencies
...heat pump will influence how they cast their ballot in a general election. Voters demand choice The survey, conducted by Censuswide on behalf of OFTEC in July of this year,...
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Northern Ireland Government warned over heating sector decarbonisation plans
...David Blevings, Northern Ireland Oil Federation (NIOF) and OFTEC Ireland representative, on the latest developments in the NI energy strategy. The NIESR predicts that all regions in the UK will...
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Showcasing oil heating’s future
...and to watch practical demonstrations which will illustrate how the technologies can work together.” The show’s main trade association sponsor is OFTEC; director general Jeremy Hawksley said: “OFTEC was formed...
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Bioliquids excluded from Renewable Heat Incentive
Jeremy Hawksley, OFTEC director general According to OFTEC, the latest announcement by the government that bioliquids will not be included in the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) means that homes...
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Oil boilers – significant sales increase
...Commenting on the news, OFTEC director general, Jeremy Hawksley said: “Most boiler sales are distress purchases and the healthy results are due partly to the cold weather the UK has...
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Non-compliant tanks
...of installations completed in the last 10 years were non-compliant with at least one OFTEC tank installation requirement. The Carbery Plastics survey analysed compliance with OFTEC storage tank installation requirements...
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Oil – the cheapest of all major heating fuels
...the benefits of oil. Jeremy Hawksley, director general of OFTEC, said: “Oil prices have now fallen to their lowest point since autumn 2009 and are currently over £500 cheaper than...
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Oil heating cheaper than mains gas
...the potential for further falls over the next three years. Jeremy Hawksley, director general of OFTEC, said: “This is welcome news for the industry and the 1.5 million UK households...