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Response to Ireland’s Climate Action Plan
...The high costs of the ‘deep retrofitting’ processes which are usually required to allow a heat pump to be installed – the average cost of a deep retrofitting was €56,000...
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UKIFDA encourages homeowners to start biofuel transition
...All of these improvements will increase energy efficiency, create carbon efficiency and reduce bills. Carbon reduction without retrofitting “The continued focus on electrification of heat using heat pumps for those...
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UKIFDA challenges Irish government on biofuels
...‘Programme For Government – Our Shared Future’ with no specifics on numbers behind all the objectives. They say they are developing a new area-based and one-stop-shop approach to retrofitting, to...
Opinion
Industry alliance leads the way toward zero carbon heating for Ireland
...panacea, as it requires the deep retrofitting of buildings en masse, which is an expensive and disruptive undertaking, costing €56,000 on average. TAZCH believes that, if we are to be...
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UKIFDA encourages homeowners to begin transition to biofuels
...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; and retrofitting would...
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Northern Ireland Government warned over heating sector decarbonisation plans
...OFTEC and the NI Oil Federation (NIOF) have been lobbying the local energy department and our message is simple, whilst heat pumps and retrofitting will be the right choice for...
Interview
Kevin McPartlan of Fuels for Ireland
...buildings.” “Furthermore, with the housing crisis in Ireland and the shortage of tradespeople, we simply don’t have the workforce to deliver the deep-retrofitting targets the Government has set. We’re only...
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UKIFDA supportive of Scottish energy consultation proposals
...high proportion of farmhouses and buildings) is such that retrofitting heat pumps will require a huge capital expenditure to improve the insulation of the properties. If this work is not...
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UKIFDA submits views on Scottish Commission’s work plan
...properties. “The cost of retrofitting homes to make them suitable for heat pumps or biomass technology is often high,” explains Guy. “Many homeowners would be better off making step changes...
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Certa Ireland transitions entire fuel distribution fleet from diesel to HVO
...retrofitting on our vehicles to do.” Reducing consumption “All our delivery depots are carefully selected and situated within the hearts of their communities which enables us to reduce our kilometres...
Further Reading
Opinion
UKIFDA ‘not surprised’ by findings of public research
...type and fabric of the houses. These studies suggest that retrofitting homes, so that they can efficiently operate on newer technologies such as heat pumps, could cost up to £11,000...
News
West Cork school makes history as Ireland’s first to be heated using HVO
...90% saving on CO2 emissions, without a huge cost in retrofitting! And Pat concludes: “With HVO available now in Ireland, we are looking forward to working with distributors and customers...
Opinion
Hydrogen (H2.0): a new dawn?
...final delivery and distribution of hydrogen. H2’s low energy density is also one of the greatest barriers to the implementation of hydrogen-fuelled fuel cell vehicles. Retrofitting existing natural gas pipelines...
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An industry creating its own new dawn – liquid biofuel trials in the UK
...these homes tend to be rural and therefore difficult to reach for grid purposes and/or of an age and construction that make retrofitting for other technologies difficult technically or economically.”...
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Oil Terminal 2015 – new multi-billion USD projects
...and retrofitting of its existing oil tanks infrastructure in Adler Ratio Group – Ellen Ruhotas, managing director – how to manage terminals to attract new business and make facilities more...
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The future pathway for liquid fuel heating
...highlights the practical difficulties and prohibitive cost of retrofitting these technologies. “More cost-effective options must be found and this means a crucial role for low carbon liquid fuels going forward....
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Northern Ireland council embraces HVO in project to reduce carbon emissions by 87%
...carbon reductions that can be achieved in both commercial and residential settings in a way that is quicker, cheaper, and more universally applicable than retrofitting. Seamless Speaking about Longford County...
Opinion
Autumn Statement is ideal time to correct HVO duty disparity says UKIFDA and OFTEC
...heat pump is £10,000 to £30,000. This is due to the additional retrofitting measures often required for the technology to work effectively. UKIFDA CEO, Ken Cronin and OFTEC CEO, Paul...