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Green Deal cashback for oil boilers

Householders who install a high efficiency oil-fired condensing boiler to replace an existing model will be eligible for £310 cashback under the Green Deal. Up to £40...

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New fuel quality monitoring scheme

  Turriff Fuels and CPL Petroleum have implemented the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) new fuel certification scheme. Developed in conjunction with tank hygiene specialists, ...

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IFC loads up at NuStar

IFC bottom loading arms are assisting with loading at NuStar’s Clydebank terminal in Glasgow.  In an on-going programme, IFC has successfully supplied a ...

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Food-based biofuels to be capped

Plans to limit the use of food-based biofuels to 5% have been announced by the EU climate commissioner, Connie Hedegaard. The biodiesel industry has condemned the ...

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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 ...

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DECC proposes excluding biofuels from domestic RHI

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published consultation documents for the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The new proposals all ...

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Lewis Tankers wins new biofuels contract

PetroIneos Fuels has awarded a two-year contract to Lewis Tankers to transport biofuel from its bulk storage tanks in Grangemouth Docks to its fuel terminal ...

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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 ...

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Mabanaft announces management restructure

Mabanaft UK managing director Raphael Hüttmann Mabanaft has announced that Raphael Hüttmann is to take over as UK managing director. The move forms ...

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Lewis Tankers wins biofuel transport contract

Lewis Tankers has won a two-year contract from PetroIneos Fuels to transport biofuel (‘denatured’ bioethanol) by road from bulk storage tanks located in the Grangemouth ...

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A low carbon economy by 2050?

The UK’s sensitivity to oil and gas price shocks could be reduced by using low-carbon forms of electricity generation, claims energy secretary, Edward Davey. ...

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A more certain future for solar

Enabling the solar industry and householders to plan with confidence, DECC has introduced a range of changes to the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme. “UK solar ...

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Truck operators bid for funding

The Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board Industry have invested £9.5m to support the low carbon demonstration trial. Truck operators are being invited ...

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Biodiesel plant opens on Merseyside

The UK’s largest used cooking oil biodiesel plant was opened on Merseyside last week by renewable energy and recycling specialist, Agri. Transport minister, Norman ...