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Heating industry professionals favour ‘a more gradual stepped approach to low carbon heating which would be far more palatable for consumers’ says Jeremy Hawksley
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Adrian Lightwood – “The Heating and Renewables Roadshows present an excellent opportunity to showcase OFTEC’s new scopes of registration”
The Oil-Fired Technical Association (OFTEC) is ...
Volvo Trucks has now approved the use of hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) in all its Euro-5 engines with unchanged service intervals. In September 2015, there will ...
OFTEC is calling for a ‘more joined-up carbon reduction and energy policy’ which still includes renewable technology incentives but also offers ‘more affordable measures such ...
(l-r) Ron Tomal, Stuart Sealey, and Donald Smith
After 40 years in the oil industry, Ron Tomal, terminal manager at Certas Energy’s Aberdeen and Inverness ...
Rural households can face unique challenges says Janice Banks of ACRE who points out that the current delivery of government- backed measures is failing those ...
In changes under the rebrand, Martyn Lyons becomes chief executive of Inter Terminals with Richard Sammons in the new role of executive chairman
From January 1...
IFC Inflow will be among the exhibitors at this month’s Tank Storage Association exhibition and conference which takes place at the Ricoh Arena on ...
Two petrol stations have been raided and seven men and two women from across southern England have been arrested for their involvement in a suspected £3...
Jeremy Hawksley, director general, OFTEC
Targets set out in the impact assessment produced by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) state that Renewable ...
Millbrook will exhibit its extensive range of facilities and capabilities at this year’s Low Carbon Vehicle event on 10-11 September 2014.
The annual event, which ...
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 ...
Volvo has teamed up with Gasrec
Volvo Trucks has teamed up with biofuel supplier Gasrec to help business customers cut haulage costs and reduce carbon ...
For many years, BP, with a certain amount of supporting fanfare, has produced an annual Energy Outlook, which takes a forward looking view of future ...
Jeremy Hawksley (director general, OFTEC), Martyn Bridges (new OFTEC chairman), Nick Hawkins, DESO Engineering (new OFTEC vice chairman) and Barry Gregory, Riello (outgoing OFTEC chairman)
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Although the government says it ‘remains committed to introducing a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme for householders,’ the scheme’s introduction has been further postponed.&...
As the Budget fast approaches, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) continues to press the case for a reduction in road fuel duty to ease the ...
From a standing start, Prax is achieving its sales targets in the Midlands and the north of England says sales and marketing director, Neil Robertson
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The recently published UK Renewable Energy Roadmap Update states that biofuels for heat, transport and electricity must offer genuine carbon savings and be cost effective ...
The Task Force on fuel efficient, low emission HGV technologies has recommended a range of solutions to tackle efficiency improvements.
Ricardo-AEA was commissioned by the ...
Speaking to many fuel distributors in Ireland recently, the most frequently used word to describe the current market was ‘challenging.’
“It’s been a tough ...
Teresa Sayers, Downstream Fuel Association
After October’s Distributor Debate, Teresa Sayers of the Downstream Fuel Association has answered more questions received on the subject ...
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 ...
Around 300,000 households could face fuel poverty in the next few weeks thanks to the continued rise in energy prices.
Fuel poverty has been defined as ...