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Sustainable low carbon liquid fuels: perspectives and prospects
...(a) and (b), the price of the finished product. The above GHG savings have been evidenced in trials as a heating fuel, where it could be an ideal drop-in, low...
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News
Future fuel ready tanker is Fuel Oil News Tanker of the Year
...new fuel type during 2022; however, this is subject to completion of successful trials and obtaining government approval for use of HVO as a heating fuel. Kettlewell Fuels commissioned COBO...
News
Embracing change over 50 years
...to target and with a good database of users, we focus on their conversion to quality customers. It takes three to four months to convert a customer, trials may be...
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Innovative technology could be ‘missing link’ for cost-effective carbon capture
...seed funding of up to £250,000 for fabrication of scaled prototypes, through to proof-of-concept trials and validation testing,” said James. “It is an exciting time; Robert’s dream is becoming a...
News
Sheffield steelmakers set to switch to cleaner fuel
...three manufacturers taking part in the initial trials could save around 3,500 tonnes of CO2 each year. Professor Mohamed Pourkashanian, OBE, head of the University of Sheffield Energy Institute, said:...
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Pioneering haulage firm commits to HVO
...we decided to carry out some trials to run diesel and HVO on a like-for-like basis.” Because HVO is a drop-in alternative to standard diesel, and doesn’t require any modifications,...
Opinion
Low Carbon Fuels Strategy is urgently needed for transport decarbonisation progress
...the pace of electric vehicle infrastructure and zero emission freight trials, is inhibiting private sector investment. Costs are a key concern across all sectors of the economy, and businesses are...
Opinion
Time to ‘axe the tax’ on renewable liquid heating fuels
...industry bodies, Ken Cronin and Paul Rose added: “Our field trials have proved the versatility of HVO in decarbonising both domestic and non-domestic premises. Instead of remaining on kerosene, why...
News
Can oil hold its market share?
...promote the use of high efficiency boilers and bio liquids.” Francis Bean of the Energy Saving Trust spoke of ongoing heat pumps trials which have so far shown that the...
News
Is the case for HVO strong enough?
The March issue of Fuel Oil News looks in depth at the industry efforts to find future fuel solutions. Image credit: Mitchell and Webber. Find out more the HVO trials,...
News
Creating a Taskforce for Liquid Biofuels
...and tank fleet and successful field trials of all possible future products which may come from UK or European sources. Be actively involved in transitional communication work with consumers utilising...
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Risk reduction for domestic customers
...required throughout the year. Trials, feedback and going live “Before going live we wanted to be sure that the back end system could cope. The trial also gave us the...
Opinion
The route to off-grid heating beyond kerosene
It is more than a year since HVO was first trialled in oil-fired boilers in the UK and the trial’s second phase is already well underway. 200 homes and businesses...
News
Fuel industry unites in call for government to back renewable liquid fuels
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...
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Scotland’s first vegetable oil heated home
Recycled vegetable oil is being used for the first time to heat a home in Scotland. The revolutionary renewable fuel has been identified as a key alternative clean energy source...