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Improved reliability, efficiency and safety herald a bright future for ammonia as a refrigerant as the low-charge trend takes hold, Andy Pearson of Star Refrigeration said on conference last week.

Refrigerant manufacturers Chemours and Honeywell and green group NRDC have petitioned the US Supreme Court to review the DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision to block EPA bans on HFCs.

In a sign that an increasing number of industrial end users are recognising the benefits of moving to natural refrigerants, Australia-based freshly prepared chilled and frozen meal manufacturer Jewel Fine Foods opted to install an ammonia-based refrigeration system at its new factory in Sydney.

The early bird rate for the 1st IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants is scheduled to close at the end of June.

Eurovent Certita has announced new product certification programmes for beverage coolers and IT cooling units.

Refrigerant supplier A-Gas has invested in two new tanks at its site in Portbury, near Bristol, providing an additional 100T of storage capacity.

Registration is now open for the 2019 AHR Expo, which returns to Atlanta in January for the first time since 2001.

A coalition of US conservative groups have added their voices to calls for president Donald Trump to ensure the US backs the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants.

Refrigerant suppliers have moved to reassure customers after stories emerged of severe shortages affecting European supplies of CO₂.

Panasonic’s new floor console air conditioning unit boasts an improved energy efficiency rating thanks to the use of R32 refrigerant.

The EHPA has called for the decarbonisation of cooling and heating technologies to be given top priority following EU agreements to increase renewable energy use.

EPEE has urged the EU Council Presidency to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants before the next Montreal Protocol meeting in July.

Bitzer’s ammonia compressor packs, which have been selectively available in certain parts of the world since 2014, have arrived in the UK.

European Commission aims for at least 32 per cent of total EU energy use to come from renewable sources by 2030; specific annual commitments established for cooling and heating installations.

Beijer Ref has introduced its CO₂ refrigeration technology to the South African market.

A group of Republican senators have written to US president Donald Trump urging him to send the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants to the Senate for its consideration.

The host country of the European Union, Belgium, has become the 38th nation to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants.

An accelerating thaw of Antarctica has pushed up world sea levels by almost a centimeter since the early 1990s in a risk for coasts from Pacific islands to Florida, an international team of scientists said on Thursday.

Registration is now open for free online event co-presented by Janet Ludert of Chemours to consider the implications and advantages of switching to low flammability gas.

F-Gas quota is increasing in importance as refrigerant supply continues to decline, in line with the limits set out in the F-Gas Regulations. It is vital that businesses work together to protect and grow the industry during times of tightening refrigerant supply.