Generation of thermal energy for heating and cooling often has a negative environmental impact due to the fuels used. The need for such fuels decreases with installation of heat pumps. But the heat pump in itself is a potential source of greenhouse gases, as the refrigerants used often have a...
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Ever since 2008 the Swedish market for the heat pumping technology has steadily increased and is estimated to account for an annual sale of approximately 16 000 MSEK or 1500 MEUR in 2018 (1 EUR equals 10,5 SEK). The business can be divided into three segments: Air Conditioning 4 000...
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Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the 13th IEA Heat Pump Conference in Jeju, Korea. The Heat Pump Conference is the perfect place to interact with researchers, industry and market representatives, policy makers, all gathered around the topic; Heat pumping technology. About the 13th conference Energy and the environment...
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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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