Flexible, sustainable and clean. That is the necessary future for the energy systems world-wide. The focus of this issue of HPT magazine is how heat-pumping technologies can contribute to that development. The contribution comes in two forms: heating energy can shift from fossil fuels to renewable electricity, and at the...
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The IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP) was submitted an extension for the period 1 March 2018 to 28 February 2023 by the IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT). In the approval, CERT states that "The HPT TCP strategy (vision, mission, objectives) are consistent with...
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The Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP) Annual Report for 2018 is now published and can be downloaded from our website. The Annual Report describes the work of the Programme during 2018 including Message from the Chairman, information about our Annexes, and the highlights of 2018. This...
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The 9th international Conference about Cold Climate HVAC (heating, ventilation and air-conditioning) took place in Kiruna, in the very north of Sweden, from the 12th to the 15th of March. Heat Pump Centre was present with a booth to promote and inform about the HPT TCP. The conference was attended...
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Refrigerant prices, illegal imports and the implications of Brexit on the quota system are some of the topics that were discussed at an important European Commission meeting last week. Representatives of the air conditioning and refrigeration industry and environmental groups met with ministers from the Commission’s Directorate-General for Climate Action...
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The ESyCool Green propane-based heat pump refrigeration system has been awarded the government-backed German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment. The Innovationspreis für Klima und Umwelt (IKU) Award is presented every two years by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the Federal Association...
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Argentina is still widely using R22 hydrofluorcarbon (HCFC) refrigerant for commercial refrigeration. During two conferences that were organised in Argentina in December, ten leading Italian refrigeration manufacturers have been called upon to present their innovations and research activities. This was an initiative by the Argentine and Italian Ministries of the...
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USA: A new bill introduced by a group of US senators from both parties could pave the way for the US adoption of the Kigali amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants. Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana and Democrat Tom Carper of Delaware have introduced the American Innovation and Manufacturing...
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