Heating Systems Fuelled by LPG in Ireland are 18% Lower in Carbon Emissions

A new report, commissioned by SHV Energy, has found that European residential heating systems fuelled by Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) are 20 per cent lower in carbon emissions, compared to those fuelled by heating oil. The study, Carbon footprints of heating oil and LPG heating systems, also found that the carbon emissions from an LPG … Read more

Calor to Showcase Latest Micro CHP Technology

Calor will be showcasing the latest in Combined Heat and Power microgeneration technology (micro CHP) at the Energy Show 2011, running from 30th–31st March at the RDS, Dublin. Micro CHP technology allows heat and electricity to be produced locally from the one fuel source, which reduces the necessity for small and medium sized businesses to … Read more

Flogas Forks Out the Right Solution For Diageo

Flogas has won the contract to supply LP Gas for the new LP Gas-powered fleet of forklifts at Diageo Baileys Global Supply warehouse on the Nangor Road in Dublin. Up until the changeover, the forklift fleet had been running on electric batteries and analysis showed that the charging process was taking eight hours, was very … Read more

Alternative Fuels Could Replace Fossil Fuels in Europe by 2050

Alternative fuels have the potential to gradually replace fossil energy sources and make transport sustainable by 2050, according to a report presented to the European Commission by the stakeholder expert group on future transport fuels. The EU will need an oil-free and largely CO2-free energy supply for transport by 2050 due to the need to … Read more

Calor Launches ‘Now You Can’ Campaign

Calor, Ireland’s leading supplier of LPG, has launched a new integrated marketing campaign aimed at encouraging rural homeowners to switch to Calor Gas. The Calor ‘Now You Can’ campaign consists of a major redesign of the Calor brand coupled with an integrated national TV, radio, press, online, social media and public relations campaign. The campaign … Read more