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Addressing the importance of the customer experience.

Opinion

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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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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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...

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Oil heating stays ahead of the game

In 2014, OFTEC helped secure a major win for the industry, challenging an EU standard which would have required oil heating appliances to meet NOx levels as low as 92mg/kWh...

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Joint launch for ‘Get Winter Ready’ campaign

Coinciding with the start of autumn, UKIFDA and OFTEC have joined forces to launch their ‘Get Winter Ready‘ campaign which is designed to encourage the 1.5m heating oil customers across the...

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Raw deal for rural renewables

With the RHI and Green Deal set to encourage a push towards alternative technologies, OFTEC has taken a look at the true costs of going green for rural homeowners. Using...

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Concerns raised – UK housing: fit for the future? 

OFTEC’s CEO, Paul Rose was quick to raise concerns following the publication of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report UK housing: fit for the future? “With the threat of...

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Can oil hold its market share?

Speakers at OFTEC’s spring conference debated oil’s future  role in home energy provision. “In the face of the government’s agenda to move rural communities to air and ground source heat...