We hereby want to announce that the 13th International Energy Agency Heat Pump Conference once more will be postponed. The new date is April 26 - 29, 2021 and the location for the event remains the same: Jeju, South Korea. As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic situation is not recovering and...
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a report on the market for renewable energy, concentrating on the impact that the Covid-19 crisis has had on the different parts of the market. The report focuses on generation of electricity from renewable sources, but it also discusses transport biofuels as well...
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How to move fossil fuels out of the built environment is not easy to answer. This was was a main topic of the #DecarbCities conference that took place in Vienna earlier this year. Options are limited and include (renewables and waste based) district heating, green gas, and central and decentral...
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The heat pump year got off to a good start. Sales increased by 13 % as compared with the first quarter According to Finnish Heat Pump Association (SULPU ry) statistics, air-to-water heat pumps showed the highest growth rates (60 %). The continued growth in the sales of ground-source heat pumps...
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The UK Government has outlined its intentions to replace the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) with a new Clean Heat Grant that will aim to help households and businesses decarbonise through technology and push the nation towards its net-zero target for 2050. The RHI was put in place by the Government...
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The Final Report for HPT TCP Annex 47 – "Heat Pumps in District Heating and Cooling systems", has been finalized and can be downloaded at the Annex 47 web site: https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/annex47/ You can also download the 2-page summary here. Objective The objective of Annex 47 has been to gather information...
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The Final Report for HPT TCP Annex 45 - "Hybrid Heat Pumps", has been finalized and can be downloaded at the Annex 45 web site: https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/annex45/ You can also download the 2-page summary here. Objective The main objective for the Annex has been to investigate the potential of energy and...
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In a move to counter a growing number of “false statements” regarding air conditioners, ASHRAE has announced that HVAC systems can help control the spread of the coronavirus. The US-based global leader in HVACR research, standards and education, says it officially opposes advice not to run residential or commercial HVAC...
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