OFTEC’s New Heat Pump Training Courses & HVO Update
We catch up with Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, to get an update on the HVO trial and whether there has been any progress in convincing the...
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Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, fills us in on OFTEC’s heat pump training courses and updates us on the HVO trial
Malcolm also updates us George Eustice’s Ten Minute Rule Bill in Parliament that supports the use of HVO in heating. The bill aims to reduce the duties charged on renewable...
Why rural properties in the UK should have the option to switch to HVO from kerosene
Those of you who follow our sustainability journey on My Home Farm will know that last winter we ran our central heating bivalently, meaning that our air source heat pump...
Update on the HVO trial
We welcome back Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, who gives us an update on the HVO trial and whether we are likely to see rural homes in...
Malcolm Farrow from OFTEC gives us an update on the HVO trial in the UK
We welcome back Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, who gives us an update on the HVO trial and whether we are likely to see rural homes in...
This is not a drill – planning for winter
For us, May and June have not been what we could call warm or summery. Frankly, the weather has been cold, wet and miserable. Typically, on last year’s tariffs, our...
It’s time for rural households to wake up to the government’s heat decarbonisation plans
Most policy commentators agree that it makes little sense to install heat pumps in inefficient buildings. Yet that’s exactly what the government’s new Heat and Buildings Strategy proposes....
Renewable liquid fuel alternative for kerosene: hydrotreated vegetable oil
Malcolm Farrow, Head of Public Affairs at OFTEC, talks to us about hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), a kerosene alternative that is sustainable and that cuts emissions by 88%. We also...
