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Europe Faces Negative Power Prices Amid Renewable Energy Surge

by admin|21 August 202421 August 2024|Environment News

In recent months, Europe has witnessed a surprising and significant economic event: negative power prices. This phenomenon, where electricity producers must pay consumers to take their power, has raised eyebrows across the continent. While it may seem counterintuitive, negative power...

Wind power will soon heat the homes of Pilot Point residents – OilFiredUp

by admin|30 November 202201 February 2024|Environment News, Industry News, Technology News

Like a lot of rural communities in Alaska, Pilot Point depends on diesel fuel for electricity and heating. After years of work, a plan is going into action that could help the village of about 50 year-round residents get a...

Scientists call for halt to oil exploration – OilFiredUp

by admin|14 August 202201 February 2024|Environment News, Industry News

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has revealed that the depth recorded was estimated for a spate of earthquakes in Surrey and so not accurate. They have also stated that all occurred 1km below the ground – the same depth that...

Weather bomb will land in Britain through this week as officials ramp up warnings for freezing -6C gales and blizzards bringing travel chaos and power cuts – OilFiredUp

by admin|14 August 202201 February 2024|Environment News, Focus & Blogs, Industry News, Technology News

Snow and cold weather in UKSnow and ice warnings issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland as icy front advances from AtlanticTemperatures could fall to -6C (21F) in Scotland but southern England will enjoy mild conditions of 11CMost of Britain is...

Norway To Ban Fossil Fuel Use – OilFiredUp

by admin|25 June 202201 February 2024|Environment News

In 2020, Norway will become the first country in the world to ban the use of oil and paraffin in both private homes and businesses within the country, in an aid to rein in green house gas emissions.Under the Paris...

EOGB ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR OFTEC STRATEGY – OilFiredUp

by admin|20 May 202201 February 2024|Environment News

Burner manufacturer and distributor EOGB Energy Products Ltd has announced its backing for OFTEC’s proposals to decarbonise the UK’s 1.5 million off-grid homes by converting them to a low-carbon bio-oil, a goal that supports the government’s Clean Growth Strategy ambitions.Working...

OFTEC Celebrates 'Major Win' Against Brussels Bureaucrats – OilFiredUp

by admin|28 November 202101 February 2024|Environment News

OFTEC celebrates a major win in the fight against overbearing Ecodesign Directive requirements.The Oil Firing Technical Association (OFTEC), working closely with the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC), the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and other...

Oregon Scientists Use CO2 To Produce Lower Cost Supercapacitors – OilFiredUp

by admin|28 October 202128 October 2021|Environment News

Scientists Utilise CO2 To Produce Supercapacitor Material Chemists and engineers at Oregon State University (OSU) in the USA, have discovered a fascinating new way to take some of the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) that contributes to the so-called ‘greenhouse effect’...

EDF Energy Begins Work On Hinkley Nuclear Plant – OilFiredUp

by admin|28 October 202101 February 2024|Environment News

EDF Energy has begun the construction of the first permanent structures at its £18 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear site last week.The company, in incorporation with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN), began pouring concrete for some of its first...

Shortlist announced for global green gas awards – OilFiredUp

by admin|02 August 202101 February 2024|Environment News

UKAD&BIOGAS 2017 NEC Birmingham 05.07.17 ©Steve Pope - Fotowales* Ceremony will recognise best of the best in green gas in UK and abroad * Winners to be announced at black-tie ceremony on 11th July in Birmingham* Awards ceremony falls on...

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