In an exclusive interview published in Accelerate America issue #6, Joe Sanchez, application engineering manager at Bitzer, talks about the market opportunities for CO2 in North American supermarkets, food processing plants and ice rinks.
shecco’s recently published GUIDE to Natural Refrigerants in China – State of the Industry 2015 outlined a clear business case for the use of natural refrigerants in China’s present and future light commercial refrigeration sector. With large consumer brands already placing over 750,000 pieces of light commercial equipment in China, increasing the availability of training, there is a clear momentum driving the market forward.
COOP Liguria in Italy has commissioned its very first CO2 transcritical booster system for its store in Carasco. With a sales area of 5,500m2, the COOP store at the shopping center “I Leudi” features two CO2 booster racks using Dorin CD compressors.
Coca-Cola Japan is well on its way to achieving a nation-wide goal to ensure peak shift vending machines account for over 50% of its fleet by 2020 after surpassing 100,000 units on the Japanese market on May 21.
As a first time speaker at ATMOsphere Europe 2015, Gabriel Romero, Technical Director at Auchan Super Spain provided insights on the retailer’s first CO2 transcritical store in Bilbao, Spain in an exclusive interview with R744.com.
Edeka Kusenberg is equipped with a transcritical CO2 refrigeration system with heat reclaim and innovative freezers to save energy and enhance the shopping experience.
At this year’s AHR Expo in Chicago, Emerson had their IPro Genius programmable controller on display. The IPro Genius controls high-pressure controls and bypass valves effectively to help maintain a constant flash tank pressure which is one of the keys to full efficiency when using a transcritical CO2 booster system and adds to the larger system to ensure optimal results for commercial refrigeration.
At China Refrigeration 2015, R744.com interviewed Zhaohui (Stephen) Zhu, Sales Director for Food Retail in China about the opportunities and challenges CO2 technology represents for commercial refrigeration in China. Since the first CO2 store opened in China in 2011, the market has shown positive progress.
On April 21 a Kroger store in Ohio, U.S. became one of only a handful of stores to receive the GreenChill Partnership Platinum level award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The installed refrigeration system is a Hillphoenix CO2 transcritical solution that is expected to reduce the store’s overall carbon footprint by 40%.
In addition to featuring a number of low-charge ammonia products, the IARW-WFLO Convention & Expo, held in Orlando, Florida on 26 – 19 April, included several exhibitors promoting CO2-only and ammonia/CO2 refrigeration systems. While CO2 is still relatively new for the refrigerated warehouse operators attending the show, it is slowly gaining traction as an alternative to traditional high-charge ammonia systems.
