World News
EU plans will boost heat pump sales
EUROPE: Boosting heat pump sales to four million per year by 2030 and tackling electricity to gas price ratios are two of the goals of Europe’s AccelerateEU energy plan….
ODS emissions threaten ozone layer recovery
SWITZERLAND/UK: An increase in feedstock emissions of ozone depleting gases are said to be threatening the recovery of the ozone layer. …
Hitachi sells home appliance business to focus on AC
JAPAN: Hitachi has sold its household appliance interests to Nojima Corp to concentrate on its air conditioning business….
Polish customs seize illegal R134a cylinders
POLAND: Polish authorities have discovered an attempt to smuggle four 13.6kg cylinders of R134a in a vehicle stopped in Zosin on the border with Ukraine….
Trane opens advanced US training centre
USA: Trane Technologies has celebrated the launch of its new Advanced Technology Training Centre (ATTC), a 45,000ft2 (4,180m2) facility at the company’s North America HQ in Davidson, North Carolina….
Nordic Climate expands Dutch interests
NETHERLANDS: Nordic Climate Group has acquired Ten Have Installatie BV, an Amsterdam-based company offering design, installation, and maintenance of air conditioning, heat pump, air handling, and heating systems….
ASHRAE signs MoU with naturals group NASRC
USA: “Natural” refrigerants body, the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC) has entered into a new memorandum of understanding with ASHRAE….
Haiti ratifies the Kigali Amendment
HAITI: The Republic of Haiti is the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs….
Daikin joins rare earth recycling scheme
JAPAN: Daikin has joined a collaboration to build Japan’s first circular scheme to recover and recycle rare earth magnets from the Japanese manufacturer’s commercial air conditioning compressors….
Project proves heat pumps can assist the grid
GERMANY: Viessmann, along with transmission system operators TenneT Germany and TransnetBW, claim to have demonstrated that heat pumps can help prevent grid congestion….