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Electronic or paper? How to get the version of Oil Installer you want
Oil Installer is now available electronically and as a paper magazine.
OFTEC 7
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OFTEC competent person scheme 21 years old
OFTEC would like to thank all Oil Installer readers for supporting us during the last 21 years.
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OFTEC compliance
From the 9th Jan 2023 - 13th April 2023 a total of 29 businesses had their OFTEC membership revoked.
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OFTEC launches ground source heat pump course
OFTEC now offers a course in the installation, servicing and commissioning of ground source heat pumps.
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OFTEC’s heat pump training in InstallerSHOW event programme
OFTEC will be presenting our new heat pump training options each day at the InstallerSHOW.
Fuel Price Commentary
Fuel price commentary – 2023 summer
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Changes introduced to enforce work notifications will see installers face stronger sanctions
Up to two years imprisonment is being added to the list of potential sanctions for technicians
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OFTEC launches 2023 conference as policy support for renewable liquid fuels grows
Crucial next steps to affordable low carbon heating to be highlighted at industry conference
Opinion
Cornish village offers blueprint for rural heat decarbonisation
Industry bodies are calling for policy change to encourage immediate rural decarbonisation .
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Standard publication ensures sustainability of liquid fuels for immediate home heat decarbonisation
Publication of PAS 5420OFTEC reaffirms industry commitment to genuinely sustainable bioliquids
Insight
Rural homes say government’s green heating plans are treating them unfairly
Recent poll shows 9 in 10 rural homes believe plans to end fossil fuel heating installations will unfairly impact them.
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Discounted heat pump training still available with extension to funding for technician upskilling
Future proof your heating career with discounted heat pump training
Opinion
OFTEC urges immediate action following Climate Change report
OFTEC statement in response to the IPCC report
In response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report and final warning that we need to take immediate action to tackle emissions or risk irreversible damage to the planet, Malcolm Farrow, head of public affairs at OFTEC, commented:
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The HVO demonstration project – three years in and looking good!
Update on the HVO demonstrator project testing the use of HVO as an effective biofuel to replace kerosene
Opinion
Is it decision time for off-grid heating?
Will 2023 go down in history as the year when the critical decisions relating to the future of off-gas grid heating were made?