The Decarbonisation of European Energy Depends on the Use of PFAS

Brussels, 25 September 2023: The European Partnership for Energy and the Environment (EPEE), representing the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump manufacturing industry in Europe, today requested an exemption for F-gases and fluoropolymers in its reply to the universal PFAS restriction proposal.
“We requested these time-unlimited derogations to avoid a significant loss of efficiency for key products in heating and cooling,” said Russell Patten, Director General of EPEE. “Further restrictions on the use of F-gases and fluoropolymers would drastically slow the deployment of heat pumps, on which the EU depends to reach independence from Russian fossil fuels and to meet the climate target by 2030.”