03Jun/21

“Future of Liquid Heating Fuels” conference completed

June 3, 2021Biofuels, Equipment, Research, technologyJohn Huber

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) and EUROFUEL hosted their second annual conference titled Low-Carbon Liquid Heating Fuels: Putting the Pieces Together. This follows last year’s widely attended Low-Carbon Liquid Heating Fuels in a Carbon ConstrainedRead More…

26Feb/21

European/North American Conference on the Future of Liquid Heating Fuels: “Putting the Pieces Together”

February 26, 2021Biofuels, Equipment, Research, technologyJohn Huber

As the liquid heating fuels industry prepares for its low-carbon future, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) and the Eurofuel Association will host its second annual conference titled, Low-Carbon Liquid Heating Fuels: Putting the Pieces Together on MayRead More…

15Oct/20

NORA Adds to Online Gold courses with Advanced Venting

October 15, 2020Education, NORA, Online Courses, technologyJohn Huber

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) is pleased to announce the release of a new Gold Series online course, Advanced Venting, paving the way for achieving NORA Gold Technician Certification online. Advanced Venting joins three otherRead More…

01Oct/20

The Future of Liquid Heating Fuels in a Carbon Restrained World

October 1, 2020UncategorizedJohn Huber

For the first time ever, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) and Eurofuel (European Heating Oil Association) hosted a virtual conference on liquid heating fuels in a carbon constrained world. Manufacturers of heating equipment, liquid fuelsRead More…

07Aug/20

NORA President on Low-Carbon Liquid Fuels

August 7, 2020Biofuels, Equipment, NORA, UncategorizedNORAweb

NORA President, John Huber, spoke with Eurofuel about the necessity of low-carbon liquid fuels in the U.S. and the joint conference on the Future of Liquid Fuels that NORA is hosting with Eurofuel on consecutive WednesdaysRead More…

28Jul/20

Three New Online Courses

July 28, 2020Biofuels, Coures, Education, Equipment, NORA, Online CoursesJohn Huber

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) has added three new online courses to its training center at Learning.NORAweb.org. Two of them, Advanced Heating Fuel Storage Tanks and Advanced Efficiency, are components of NORA’s technician Gold CertificationRead More…

30Jun/20

NORA & Eurofuel host online conference on the future of liquid fuels

June 30, 2020Biofuels, Education, Equipment, Research, technologyJohn Huber

For the first time ever, the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) and Eurofuel (European Heating Oil Association) will host a virtual conference on liquid heating fuels in a carbon constrained world. Manufacturers of heating equipment, liquidRead More…

30Jun/20

Impact on service by biodiesel blends in heating oil

June 30, 2020Biofuels, Education, nitrile, NORA, pumps, Research, technologyJohn Huber

The National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA) has conducted periodic surveys to assess the impact and role that biofuels play in the marketplace. Many view low-carbon fuels as the best path for the industry as it reducesRead More…

23Apr/20

New Fuel Storage Tanks Manual

April 23, 2020Education, Research, technologyNORAweb

The National Oilheat Research Alliance has released a new Advanced Gold Series manual, Heating Fuel Storage Tanks, to accompany its Advanced Storage Tank Gold Series course or as a stand-alone study guide.Written by John Donohue, JRead More…

16Mar/20

Technical Note: Nitrile Rubber and B20 Biodiesel Blends

March 16, 2020Biofuels, Equipment, nitrile, NORA, pumps, Research, technologyNORAweb

A significant amount of new testing data on nitrile performance in U.S. heating oil equipment with biodiesel meeting today’s stringent ASTM standards is now available. This recent testing shows common nitrile elastomers in typical heating oilRead More…