
ATMO Europe: METRO Ukraine to Expand Transcritical CO2 with Two Installations in 2024
The two retrofit projects in Kyiv and Lviv follow the wholesaler’s first transcritical CO2 installation in Ukraine earlier in 2023.
The two retrofit projects in Kyiv and Lviv follow the wholesaler’s first transcritical CO2 installation in Ukraine earlier in 2023.
This latest installation in Kyiv is one of the wholesaler’s 161 transcritical CO2 stores globally, with plans to expand into Serbia later this year.
As of September 2022, the German wholesaler had installed transcritical CO2 systems at 153 of its 700 stores, with a plan for 40 more transcritical installations this year.
The 12th edition of the event will take place in person in Brussels, Belgium, November 15–16.
The in-person event is scheduled for November 15-16 in Brussels.
Stricter GWP limits, product bans and compensation for environmental damage are a few of the amendments suggested by some of the continent’s leading manufacturers of natural-refrigerant-based systems.
Next year the German wholesaler is planning to refurbish 40 stores with transcritical CO2 and ejector technology, while using hydrocarbon equipment for “smart repairs.”
The German wholesale giant is well underway to achievinge it’s target of a 50% reduction of CO2e emissions by 2030.
The winners in food retail and industrial, and industry contribution, were announced at ATMOsphere Japan.
German wholesale giant Metro AG has started converting its Russian R404A stores to CO2 (R744) refrigeration, having completed the first conversion to transcritical CO2 at a Cash & Carry hypermarket in Orenburg, southwest Russia. In its upcoming fiscal year, Metro’s next two conversions from R404A to transcritical CO2 will take place at stores in Stavropol and Astrakhan, Russia,…