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The small grocery operator rolls out transcritical CO₂ systems from Hillphoenix to additional supermarkets.

The first CO₂ transcritical refrigeration system in Chile has been installed at a Jumbo supermarket in Valdivia.

Danfoss is using the upcoming Euroshop exhibition to promote its Smart Store next generation food retail solutions.

Manufacturers look forward to investing in a climate-friendly future as hydrocarbons become increasingly prevalent in commercial applications.

A paper published in the January 2017 edition of Applied Thermal Engineering compares CO₂ transcritical systems to HFC systems in Sweden.

DC inverters to modulate compressor speed are among the refrigeration system innovations that Italian multinational CAREL hopes will boost natural refrigerant uptake in food retail.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Russian Federation have opened a training centre in mountainous Armenia.

Italian manufacturer Epta sees customer demand for increased energy efficiency as a positive sign for natural refrigerants.

Commercial refrigeration is just one of many applications that are increasingly relying on CO₂ systems to meet their HFC phase-down commitments in 2017.

The must-attend conference of the year will take place on 20 February in Tokyo, right after the Supermarket Trade Show.

Low-charge, self-contained ammonia systems and ammonia/CO₂ cascade systems look set to become the solutions of choice for distribution centres this year.

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol will help increase investment in natural refrigerant technologies, according to the French government.

In the late 1980s, those of us of a certain age became familiar with an international agreement called the Montreal Protocol. The goal of this agreement was the phaseout of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants. Then, in 1999, Title VI of the U.S. Clean Air Act was modified to phase out high global-warming hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants. Now, once again, the fix has been deemed inadequate, and we are being asked to jump into a new generation of refrigerants.

The amended refrigeration and air conditioning directive, which entered into force on 1 January, will subsidise the installation of natural refrigerant-based systems in Germany.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Industrial Refrigeration Systems Market by Equipment, Refrigerant Type, Application, & Geography – Global Forecast to 2022” report to their offering.

The Italian manufacturer’s new cooler is designed to improve the efficiency of CO₂ refrigeration systems.

The “natural” refrigerants media group Shecco has called for a far more stringent agreement on HFC refrigerant phase downs than that achieved at Kigali.

The first round of case studies showcasing innovations for industry leaders has been selected for ATMOsphere Japan 2017.

Low training uptake is creating a long-term shortage of technicians trained to operate natural refrigerant systems and ultimately making it harder to deliver the EU’s f-gas phase-down, warns an upcoming European Commission report.

The import, production, export and supply of HFCs in Europe are all falling, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA).