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Baxi Expands Heat Pump Production in Spain
In November 2023, Baxi, a BDR Thermea Group company based in the United Kingdom, hosted the first official visit to its €13 million (about US$ 16 million) commercial heat pump site in Vilafranca ...
Swegon Supplies 40 ATW Heat Pumps for a Finnish Energy Compa
Sweden-based Swegon has obtained a contract to supply 40 air-to-water (ATW) heat pumps to power plants of Fortum, a Finnish energy company, in Kolabacken, Kirkkonummi, and Hepokorpi in Espoo, Finland. These plants aim to set new benchmarks for sustainable energy solutions. Swegon’s 40 heat pumps with a total capacity of up to 24 megawatts (MWs) at 0ºC, Fortum’s power plants will r...
Samsung Integrates SmartThings Energy with British Gas Servi
Samsung is to join forces with British Gas and provides SmartThings Energy’s Auto Demand Response (Auto DR) service, enabling customers to better manage their energy use in homes across the United Kingdom. One of the core outcomes of the collaborative relationship is the integration of SmartThings Energy’s Auto DR feature with British Gas’ PeakSave which rewards British Gas cu...
Danfoss Partners with Google on AI and Energy Efficiency
Danfoss is to leverage generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) with Google to transform customer experience and streamline internal processes. Danfoss and Google have entered into a strateg...
Germany Needs to Increase Heat Pump Installation
Germany is doing a lot for the energy transition in buildings and is promoting the use of heat pumps. Sales figures have been rising significantly since 2020, but Germany is still lagging behind many other European countries. Germany is committed to rendering its building stock climate-neutral by 2045. To achieve this, three factors are vital: greater energy efficiency in buildings, climate-fri...
Nineteen Organizations Urge EC to Publish Heat Pump Action P
On January 22, 2024, a coalition of 19 organizations, including industry associations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), consumer groups, and think tanks, issued an urgent call to European Commission (EC) president von der Leyen. The Heat Pump Action Plan, initially to be published during the first quarter of 2024, will not be published until after the European Union (EU) elections to be held...
Daikin Releases Fan Coil Ceiling Cassette
Daikin has announced the release of its new FWF-D 2 x 2 fan coil ceiling-mounted cassette, that incorporates new open communication protocols that allow combination with other commercially available c...
LG Opens New Scroll Compressor Production Line in Mexico
LG Electronics has announced the opening of a new scroll compressor production line at its factory in Monterrey, Mexico. The new line bolsters LG’s scroll compressor manufacturing infrastructure...
Insight India
Reported by Rakesh Kumar, consulting editor, ISHRAE Journal JARN is bringing its readers ‘Insight India’, a new series by Rakesh Kumar. Basically, Insight India is scheduled to be publi...
Reshaping the U.S. Heating Market with Heat Pumps — Report o
Carrier— showcased its applied systems such as its AquaForce 23X W chiller/23XQ heat pump with R1234ze(E) and R515B as well as its AquaSnap 30RC air-cooled scroll chiller with R32. It also showc...
