The Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting (MI-4) was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on May 28, in conjunction with the 10th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting. The Chair of MI-4 reported in a summary that Reporting MI members are on track to meet their doubling commitments, investing an additional $4.6B...
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Globally, heat pumps provide only 3% of heating in buildings. To be in line with the Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) this share needs to triple by 2030 according to IEA’s Tracking of Clean Energy Progress website for Heat Pumps recently published. Electric heat pumps could supply more than 90% of...
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Context of the conference This symposium will take place on 11th of June 2019 in Brussels. During this event activities of various Technical Collaboration Programmes (TCP) of the International Energy Agency will be presented and focus will be on the energy reduction in the built environment and the reduction of...
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A system combining heat pumps and district heating would get the best from both techniques. But in Sweden, where both techniques are widely spread, there has rather been a competition between the two. Until now. In recent years the interest has increased, and there is a new focus on finding...
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On May 21 SULPU, the Finish heat pump association, arranged a High-level National Heat Pump Event in Espoo in conjunction with the Executive Committee meeting for the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP). The event was attended by both national and international professionals. The event was...
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The HPT TCP has expanded with a new member: China. The HPT team and the other member countries are warmly welcoming them into the collaboration programme. Heat pumping technologies are predicted to have a great future in China, as they are seen as part of the solution for clean energy....
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Final abstract submission - June 30, 2019 Submission system now open The abstract submission system for the 13th IEA Heat Pump Conference is open. The abstracts will be screened by an appropriate Regional Coordinator and authors will be advised of acceptance. Deadline: June 30. More information can be found on the Conference homepage...
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The Heat Pump Forum 2019 took place in Brussels on May 15-17 and was arranged by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA). The Forum was opened by EHPA’s president Martin Forsén who talked about the possible impact of the youth moment, which has grown strong tanks to digitalization and social...
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