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Over 100 oil homes switch to fossil-free HVO
Calls for the Government to back a wider rollout of the renewable liquid fuel HVO continue to grow following the announcement that over 100 oil heated properties across the UK have now converted to the fossil-free kerosene alternative
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he HVO demonstration is being led by trade associations OFTEC and UKIFDA, in partnership with fuel distributors and technicians, as part of the Future Ready Fuel campaign. The industry is self-funding the project
and is investing over £800,000. Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, otherwise known as HVO, is derived from
used cooking oil and has been certified as sustainable by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC). It reduces emissions by 88% and works in existing oil heating systems following a simple £500 conversion. The transition to the low carbon fuel can be completed as part of a normal
Above: Fuel distributor Mitchell and Webber converts the first home in the UK to HVO (left) and George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visits Gwinear School in Cornwall which has adopted the renewable liquid fuel (right)
service and is seen as a more attractive alternative to heat pumps, which can be expensive and disruptive to install in homes off the gas grid with poor insulation and low energy efficiency. Cornwall based fuel distributor Mitchell and Webber, which has been
supplying kerosene to homes and businesses across Cornwall and Devon for over 120 years, converted the first oil property to HVO in November 2020. Since then, the firm has significantly expanded the rollout and has now transitioned nearly 50 sites in the Kehelland area to HVO, from domestic homes to businesses as well as two churches, two schools and a pub. “From the outset we felt it was important for us to demonstrate the viability of
HVO in not just domestic homes, but a wide variety of different buildings and oil appliances as off-grid properties are all unique” says John Weedon, director at Mitchell and Webber. “We’ve very pleased with the progress we’ve made and the conversion
process has been very straight forward. Our technicians have reported how clean the system is even after several months running HVO and our customers are very happy, even saying how they’ve forgotten they’re using a greener fuel as it works in exactly the same way as kerosene. “We know many of our oil customers want to play their part in going green
Scottish fuel distributor Highland Fuels has converted five properties to HVO
but are concerned about the high costs and disruption in converting to heat pumps. That’s why we’ve been proactively working with our industry partners to demonstrate the benefits of HVO as a simple, alternative solution for homes, not just in Cornwall, but across the country.”
28 June 2022
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