
Albert Heijn puts faith in natural refrigerants
The Dutch retail giant is banking on transcritical CO2 installations to help deliver its goal of becoming CO2-neutral by 2025.
The Dutch retail giant is banking on transcritical CO2 installations to help deliver its goal of becoming CO2-neutral by 2025.
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.
This month sees major players in the Chinese HVAC&R sector take to the road with a series of seminars on ‘Developing a sustainable future together – CO2 in Food Retail’ in China.
Danfoss, who conducted the survey, says commercial and industrial refrigeration OEMs, consultants, contractors, and end users see “market acceptance and growth” for this natural refrigerant.
Leading Japanese manufacturers of natural refrigeration technology see 2017 as a growth year in Japan for CO2 in commercial refrigeration.
Having reached the landmark of 1,000 installations last week, Aldi Süd estimates that 54% of its stores are already running on CO2.
The ECOLINE+ six-cylinder line is a follow-up to the UL-approved OCTAGON Transcritical line; both cut commercial system costs and lend themselves to industrial applications.
Australian gourmet food firm F. Mayer Imports has commissioned a transcritical CO2 plant with ammonia chillers.
Mayekawa’s NewTon unit installed at a candy plant consumes 32% less energy than an R507A system, reports ASHRAE Journal.
Yamato Co. Ltd., a Japanese engineering company specialising in the planning, design and installation of HVAC&R facilities, has developed and tested a new CO2-based brine-ice thermal storage system.