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Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced the tax in his budget speech in parliament on Monday.

A Midwestern retail chain has chosen the lower GWP refrigerant R448A over CO₂ for a new store in Isanti, Minnesota.

Mitsubishi Electric has released a free, CPD-accredited guide to working with the F-gas regulations.

Low-charge ammonia systems are set to become increasingly popular worldwide, Professor Pega Hrnjak – a leading authority on natural refrigerants – told participants in yesterday’s ATMOsphere Japan conference.

As the global HFC phase-down gathers pace, participants in the first-ever ATMOsphere Japan conference – held yesterday at the Shin-Marunouchi Building Conference Square in Tokyo – heard how policy changes and technology developments are creating new opportunities for natural refrigerants in Japan.

Since the Marrakech Climate Change Conference, 17 countries have ratified the Paris Agreement. The total number of ratifications stands at 132 countries.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is to adopt the new lower GWP refrigerant R32 in all 274 models of a new high efficiency air conditioning range to be released in Japan this May.

With the support of Department of Industrial Works, Government of Thailand, UN Environment, ASHRAE, IIR and UNIDO are organising the first international conference on: Sustainable Management of Refrigeration Technologies in Marine and Off-Shore Fisheries Sectors

By using natural refrigerants and an increase in energy efficiency, the global warming impact of data-centre cooling systems can be reduced to ‘virtually zero’, an Ecofys report found.

The new CO₂OLtec Evo system includes newly-developed adjustable modulating ejector technology.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has extended its range of chillers running on new low GWP refrigerant R1234ze(E) to cover capacities from 150 to 5,000TR.

A search of more than 60 million chemicals to find a replacement for R410A in air conditioning systems has found just 27 suitably-efficient fluids – but all are at least slightly flammable.

The ATMOsphere Review Panel has selected ammonia case studies from Evapco and Bohn de Mexico to be presented at ATMOsphere America 2017.

Panasonic is debuting its new 30-HP CO₂ cascade system at the 2017 Supermarket Tradeshow in Tokyo.

The fully booked two-day course will cover theory and practical knowledge.

The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) recently hosted inventor and world-class innovator Ian Tansley for a talk on how an innovative cooling technology is being used to extend the reach of refrigeration.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) has become the first establishment in the USA to install a Trane chiller using the new refrigerant R1233zd(E).

Market leaders Lawson and AEON are continuing with their ambitious natural refrigerant adoption plans despite the discontinuation of a Japanese Ministry of Environment subsidy for retailers in the fiscal year 2017.

Mitsubishi Electric has announced the introduction of its first R32 air conditioners into Europe.

The new 10-foot models are part of BAC’s successful closed circuit cooling tower line.