World News
SkyCool firm secures $5m funding
USA: SkyCool Systems, the California-based manufacturer of radiative cooling panels, has secured $5m of funding to scale deployments of its patented technology….
Copeland secures $2.5m DOE grant for heat pump research
USA: Copeland has received a $2.5m grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support the company’s research and development of heat pump technology….
Efficient Energy confident of finding an investor
GERMANY: The administrator of Efficient Energy GmbH, the German manufacturer of chillers using water as the refrigerant, has indicated that he has a number of potential investors for the firm. …
Vandiepenbeeck named JCI EMEALA president
UK: Johnson Controls has named Marc Vandiepenbeeck as vice president and president, Building Solutions Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America (EMEALA)….
Retailer Coles commits to solar panels
AUSTRALIA: Supermarket group Coles has signed an agreement with Australian energy company Origin which will see the companies co-invest in renewable energy and battery assets at Coles stores….
Daikin USA recalls 60,000 packaged AC units
USA/CANADA: Daikin has recalled over 60,000 Amana packaged terminal air conditioners/heat pumps (PTACs) in the USA and Canada due to fire concerns….
AIT-Group plans heat pump expansion
GERMANY: The AIT-Group is expanding heat pump production with the acquisition of an adjacent factory at its headquarters in Kasendorf, Bavaria….
Carel reports 26.4% half-year sales increase
ITALY: Refrigeration controls and humidifier company Carel recorded consolidated revenues of €330.3m in the first six months of the year, an increase of 26.4% compared to 2022. …
Firm fined CA$755,000 for illegal ammonia discharge
CANADA: A British-Columbia-based seafood processing and cold storage company has been fined CA$755,000 (US$566,000) after pleading guilty to transporting and discharging ammonia into fish-bearing water….
Daikin plans AC factory near Tokyo
JAPAN: Daikin is to build a new JPY20 billion (US$140m) residential air conditioning factory near Tokyo to satisfy home demand….