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Eurofuel (the European Heating Oil Association) : the umbrella organisation representing 10 national associations, including over 10.000 companies which promote best practice in the use of heating oil for domestic heating, with respect of the protection of the environment.

Members cover the complete home heating supply chain, from oil companies of various sizes, through to independent fuel traders and distributors, heating equipment manufacturers and finally heating installers.

Our top priorities: reduce energy use by EU consumers – security of energy supply- development of multi-energy hybrid systems:

• To significantly reduce primary energy consumption in existing buildings.
  Primary energy includes all the energy necessary for the generation, transport and distribution of heat for buildings, and is the most inclusive definition of energy. It is the ideal value to measure whether reductions in energy consumption have been realised. For example the use of fuels and technologies that mix fossil fuel energy with sustainably-derived renewable energy in a high efficiency condensing oil boiler is a proven way to substantially reduce primary energy demand.
  
  
• To ensure that liquid fuels contribute to the EU’s security of energy supply and incorporate more renewable technologies.
  The storage of energy is a major challenge as all EU Member States seek to use much more energy from renewable sources. Wind or solar energy is not necessary generated when it is most needed. Liquid fuels provide a good long-term energy storage solution. Each individual oil heating household has its own oil storage tank which gives it a guaranteed "base load" of energy at all times. Europe has over 20 million individual, de-centralised, long-term oil storage tanks which represent a major contribution to the EU’s security of supply. The constant variations in the availability of sun or wind power will not cause a shortage of energy for these properties - because the base load is always available via the stored heating oil.
  
  
• To promote a "Multi-Energy / Hybrid Heating Vision": The EU’s goal of energy use reduction can best be achieved by a combination of measures. First all possible energy efficiency measures including improved insulation, and use of oil condensing technology, should be installed. Second the oil condensing boiler should be linked with solar thermal / ambient heat technologies and also other renewable combustion technologies such as bio-liquids and / or wood / bio-mass heating appliances.
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