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The newsroom of Natural Refrigerants. CO₂ · Hydrocarbons · Ammonia · Water · Air2026-10-08

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2026-08-28Industrial RefrigerationWorld

Weekly Wrap-up: Panasonic’s CO₂ Condensing Units Come to Singapore, a Clivet R290 Heat Pump for a Historic English House, Wieland’s New U.S. Factory and More

2026-08-27Heat PumpsAsia

KIMM Demonstrates Ammonia-Based Adsorption Heat Pump for Cooling Using 40°C Waste Heat

KIMM's 10kW ammonia adsorption heat pump prototype developed by Samjung Tech.

2026-08-26PolicyNorth America

IIAR Seeks to Streamline U.S. Safety Rules for Ammonia Refrigeration

Evapco Installs 100 Low-Charge Ammonia Packaged Units

2026-08-26Industrial RefrigerationAsia

Interview: Snowman Group Is the Next Chinese Company with Big Ambitions for the Natural Refrigerants Industry

A Snowman Group factory. Photo credit: Snowman Group

2026-08-25Commercial HVACEurope

IV Produkt Launches Air-Handling Unit with Next-Generation ThermoCooler HP, Available with R290

An image of Envistar Flex with multi-refrigerant ThermoCooler. The integrated AHU works with R290 refrigerant.

2026-08-24Heat PumpsEurope

Beijer Ref Acquires Refra

Refra's CO2 refrigeration system in London

2026-08-24Transport refrigerationEurope

BÄKO Süd-West Acquires 2 eTrucks Equipped with ECOOLTEC’s Propylene/CO₂ Refrigeration Units

An electric truck fitted with ECOOLTEC's TM182 TRU. Photo credit: ECOOLTEC

2026-08-24Heat PumpsNorth America

ATMO America: St Paul Local 455 Replaced 27 Rooftop HVAC Units with Single CO₂ Heat Pump

An image of Jeremy McConkey, Training Director at Local 455, Alessandro Silva, Senior Application Engineer at Bitzer, and Sean Jarvie, CTO of Flow Environmental Systems, presenting at ATMO America. They discussed the installation of a CO2 heat pump for HVAC and domestic hot water in Local 455 training facility in St. Paul, MN.

2026-08-21Heat PumpsWorld

Weekly Wrap-up: ebm-papst Gets Acquired, A.O. Smith’s New CO₂ Heat Pump, a 3.5MW Industrial R717 Heat Pump Project and More

The new Dierbergs Markets store in St. Charles, Missouri

2026-08-20PolicyNorth America

NRDC Outlines Case Against Revision of EPA’s Technology Transitions Rule

2026-08-20Heat PumpsEurope

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Provides 90kW CO₂ Heat Pump System for Adagio Hotel in London

Whitechapel neighbourhood in London where MHI installed its CO2 heat pump

2026-08-19RefrigerantsEurope

Study Finds Leakage of CCl4 Used as HFO Feedstock Could Delay Ozone Layer Recovery

ozone layer

2026-08-19Commercial RefrigerationNorth America

Rivacold CO₂ CDUs and R290 Monoblocs Enable Sustainable Retrofit at Vermont Food Co-op

An image of Rivacold's CO2 CDUs installed on the lower roof of the Brattleboro Food Co-op’s Vermont grocery store.

2026-08-18Industrial RefrigerationLatin America

ATMO LATAM 2027 Is Set for April 19–20 in Santiago de Chile

ATMO LATAM 2027 will be held in Santiago de Chile

2026-08-17Industrial RefrigerationEurope

IGD Releases Two New Gas Detectors for CO₂ and Ammonia

BELL LITE gas detector by IGD

2026-08-14PolicyNorth America

U.S. State Attorneys General Challenge EPA’s Revision of Technology Transitions Rule

California Attorney General Rob Bonta

2026-08-14Industrial RefrigerationWorld

Weekly Wrap-up: Carrier Donates CO₂ TRUs to Berlin University, ebm-papst Heads to InnoTrans, China’s New CO₂ Cold Storage Facility and More

The ebm-papst oil-free turbo compressor.

2026-08-13Industrial RefrigerationLatin America

Use of Transcritical CO₂ Systems and Hydrocarbon Cases Continues to Climb in Latin America

A graphic image of Latin America with the number of transcritical CO2 installations as of December 2025.

2026-08-12Industrial RefrigerationNorth America

Pennsylvania Food Processor Installing 185kW Vitalis CO₂ Refrigeration Compressor Rack

An image of the Roxsta G6 CO2 refrigeration system manufacturered by Vitalis for the Pennsylvania facility.

2026-08-11Heat PumpsEurope

Cologne’s 150MW Ammonia-Based District Heating Plant Enters Main Construction Phase

An image of Groundbreaking ceremony for Cologne’s district heating heat pump plant. The facility is installing a 150MW heat pump system manufacturered by Everllence.

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