Japan's Ministry of Environment (MOE) in September asked for ¥8.1 billion (€61 million) in natural refrigerant subsidies for the 2019 financial year (FY). The budget request has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance for review. The Japanese government is expected to confirm the actual budget amount in early 2019....
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Refrigerant businesses in the Netherlands have joined the condemnation of the widespread abuse of the F-gas regulations through “alternative” sales outlets. Refrigerant suppliers Uniechemie and Gasco have highlighted the problem in the Netherlands of refrigerant being sold in illegal disposable cylinders and widespread instances of theft. Since March, the Cooling...
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The HPT TCP Canadian partner Canmet ÉNERGIE/Canmet ENERGY has produced a short film about air-source heat pumps. Watch the film here!
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Acoustic Signature of Heat Pumps On October 10, the overall aim and current status of HPT Annex 51 was presented at the Heat Pump Symposium in Gent, organized by ODE Organisatie Duurzame Energie (the Organisation Sustainable Energy) and their WPP Warmepompplatform (heat pump platform). The presentation was held by Christoph Reichl, the Operating...
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Heat pumps for nearly Zero Energy Buildings –Design and integration On October 10, the overall aim and current status of HPT Annex 49 was presented at the Heat Pump Symposium in Gent, organized by ODE Organisatie Duurzame Energie (the Organisation Sustainable Energy) and their WPP Warmepompplatform (heat pump platform). The presentation was...
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One of the main activities within HPT TCP is to run collaborative research, development, demonstration and deployment projects which we call Annexes. Since the start of the TCP in 1978, we have run 52 Annexes about heat pumping technologies. But what did the Annexes result in? If you want to...
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On October 10, ODE Organisatie Duurzame Energie (the Organisation Sustainable Energy) and their WPP Warmepompplatform (heat pump platform) organized a Heat Pump Symposium in Ghent, Belgium. Representatives from energy agencies, heat pump associations, manufacturers, property developers, utilities, universities and research institutes gave presentations – some in English and some in...
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The market for heat pumps is governed by a number of factors. It is affected by energy prices, legislation, the perceptions of the general public, and heat pump performance compared to the alternatives. This becomes obvious when looking at the fluctuation in the French heat pump market during the past...
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