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Discussing a pathway
forward
R
esponding to the first
draft of Ireland’s National
Energy and Climate
Plan (NECP), the Federation of
Petroleum Suppliers (FPS) has not
only written to Richard Bruton,
Irish minister for communications,
climate action and the
environment, but also requested a
meeting.
Nick Hayes, FPS Ireland representative
“Our members play an
important role in the Irish
economy,” said FPS Ireland
representative Nick Hayes
who highlighted that several
demonstration projects for
renewable liquid fuels, which are
already in place across Europe,
have achieved substantial levels of
emissions reduction.
Welcomed by government,
a working group has already
been set up in the UK to provide
information and ideas as to action
the government can take to meet
carbon reduction targets in off gas
grid buildings.
“We are not trying to protect
the heating oil industry at all
costs,” said FPS CEO Guy Pulham.
“We recognise and support
the Irish government’s work to
meet carbon reduction targets
but our members believe that a
liquid fuel should have a major
role in meeting the future needs
of off grid homes. There is ample
supply, an effective distribution
network and low-cost installation
requirements to use oil for heating
and cooking. These are excellent
benefits which could be retained
using a bio or carbon neutral liquid
fuel.”
The FPS believes the
government should look at a
tiered approach to achieving
the 2050 carbon reduction
target, setting a pathway of
home heating carbon emission
reductions. That way industry can
adapt all aspects of technological
innovation, thereby providing the
means for consumers to make cost
competitive choices in meeting
those targets. A change to the
standard specifications of the fuel
would also give industry time to
implement innovative solutions.
“Such a pathway would also
give consumers the opportunity to
make short term efficiencies such
as replacing old oil boilers now
and adding smart meters to tanks
and installing better insulation in
their homes,” added Guy.
Open for business
P
roud of their brand-new workshop facility, Road Tankers Armagh
would like to invite everyone in the industry to pay a visit to their
new premises at the Armagh Business Park.
In order to achieve the level of expertise needed to produce today’s
high-tech tankers, this Irish tanker manufacturer has made a significant
investment in its future.
In addition to individually designing each new tanker to meet
customer requirements, the company also carries out re-mounts,
upgrades and running repairs/servicing work with a large stockholding of
OM spare parts ready for immediate dispatch from the company’s new
parts department.
Well-known in the tanker industry Mark Skelton joined Trevor Wilson
at Road Tankers Armagh as general manager last September.
Road Tanker Armagh’s new premises provide 50,000 square feet of space
The tanker of the year 2019 title
is waiting to be claimed! Enter by
31 October 2019.
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