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Green Thermal Energy has launched a range of CO₂ packaged chillers with capacities from 30kW to 450kW.

Refrigeration wholesaler FSW is now offering a one-day CO₂ training course to support its recently introduced Profroid QuietCO2OL CO₂ packaged condensing unit.

The commitment of major end users and manufacturers of HVAC&R technologies to rolling out natural refrigerants will herald a bright future for these environmentally friendly alternatives to HFCs in South Africa, attendees will hear at today’s ATMOsphere Network event in Johannesburg.

In both technical and non-technical literature, fluorine-containing (HFC) refrigerants are increasingly referred to as ‘chemical’ or ‘synthetic’ refrigerants in contrast to the so-called ‘natural’ refrigerants. Generally ‘chemical’ is now seen by some as being ‘bad’ and is contrasted with ‘natural’, which implies ‘good’.

Refrigeration and air conditioning wholesaler FSW is to launch a CO₂ packaged condensing unit at a series of roadshows next month.

Epta’s FTE transcritical CO₂ refrigeration system has won the innovation award at the German Refrigeration Prize 2018.

Specialist in the industry Star Refrigeration have announced the launch of their new Envi range of eco-friendly, industrial CO₂ refrigeration packages to provide a long term solution for smaller scale industrial applications for temperature controlled storage, food and drink manufacturing, inline freezing and chilling, building services, industrial processes, data centres and leisure and ice applications.

Wholesaler Beijer Ref is continuing to benefit from investment and expansion of its manufacturing activities, reporting growth of around 21% in the first quarter of this year compared to 2017.

Bitzer has supplied its landmark 100,000th CO₂ refrigeration compressor produced at its Schkeuditz factory to long-term supermarket customer Aldi Süd.

Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration has launched a low-charge NH₃/CO₂ cascade system for industrial applications, based on a similar commercial system.

On 26 March Lidl opened a new ammonia/CO₂ logistics centre for fruit in Moerdijk, in the West Brabant province of the Netherlands.

Japan’s association of air conditioning and refrigeration manufacturers has added its voice to calls for the EU to remove barriers to the use of low GWP flammable refrigerants.

Compressor manufacturer Dorin has released an update of its selection software.

Panasonic is set to follow up the European launch of a 2hp CO₂ refrigeration condensing unit last year with a 10hp unit in medium and low temperature versions.

A “natural” refrigerants support group has launched a petition calling for a faster revision of codes and standards to allow for greater use of low-GWP refrigerants in commercial refrigeration.

On 16 March, the council of ministers of the Italian government on the initiative of the Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and the Minister of Environment Gian Luca Galletti, approved a much-awaited preliminary measure to implement the EU F-Gas regulation in Italy (No. 517/2014).

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR) is seeking nominations for its quadrennial scientific prizes, which includes the €8,000 Gustav Lorentzen Medal.

Introduced on 30 November 2016 by the European Commission, the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ package is a set of legislative measures to support the clean energy transition in the European Union. Accelerate Europe explains in the latest issue how this will affect market for natural refrigerant based equipment.

One of the world’s largest breakfast cereal companies has chosen a CO₂ refrigeration system to provide process cooling at a new cereal mill.

Vilter Manufacturing unveiled the Modular Rooftop Unit (MRU), the company’s first ammonia/CO₂ packaged system for industrial applications, at the IIAR 2018 Natural Refrigeration Conference & Expo this week.