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The EU’s F-gas phase-down remained on track in 2017, according to the latest annual update published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

Emerson is taking its new mobile CO₂ Booster training unit to several locations across the US and Canada in 2019.

Ratification of the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs by Slovenia brings the total number of EU countries to have signed to 21.

The number of countries to have ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol has risen to 62 with the addition of Denmark and Croatia.

The huge price increases in HFC refrigerants appear to have ended, at least in the short term, with some refrigerants even dropping in price.

A Cornish beachside boutique hotel is one of the first non-retail businesses to adopt smaller-scale CO₂ refrigeration for its food cold storage.

Electricity consumption and CO₂ emissions are on a slippery slope at one of the UK’s top indoor skiing and snowboarding facilities.

Hussmann Corporation has unveiled a new line of low- and medium-temperature merchandisers running on propane.

The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE) has produced a Q&A leaflet on the new low GWP HFO and HCFO refrigerants.

The number of countries to have ratified the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFCs rose to 60 today with the addition of Switzerland.

The number of countries to have signed the Kigali Amendment to phase down HFC refrigerants has risen to 58.

As an extension of the study published in 2014, AFCE publishes here the final report of this independent study launched end of 2017 entitled energy efficiency of possible alternatives . The study has been carried out by experts from EREIE – CEMAFROID and CITEPA.

Tecumseh has launched a new air-cooled mini-chiller with R290 refrigerant and full inverter control.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have pinpointed eastern Asia as the source of a large proportion of emissions of an ozone-depleting precursor used in the production of refrigerants.

With the sharp increases in refrigerant prices appearing to have slowed, the CEO of Europe’s leading refrigeration wholesaler sees prices remaining stable over the coming months.

Tecumseh has approved R448A, a lower GWP refrigerant sold by Honeywell as Solstice N40, for use in its global commercial refrigeration systems.

Engie Axima chillers employing the low GWP HFO refrigerant R1234ze are playing a crucial role in air traffic management while making significant energy savings.

Bitzer has announced the development of a subcooling unit capable of boosting the efficiency of both new and retrofit transcritical CO₂ systems in warm climates.

Chemours’ Opteon XL41 (R454B), a lower GWP replacement for R410A, has been selected by Johnson Controls for its York YLAA scroll chiller platform in Europe.

Honeywell’s Solstice N40 (R448A) refrigerant has been listed as acceptable by the US EPA for use in retrofits in ice rinks in the USA.