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Non-bank finance trend as economic recovery continues
29 May 2014 The latest BDRC SME Finance Monitor has highlighted a shift away from the banking sector to fund business growth. The Forum of Private Business stated this could hold some SME businesses back in gaining new contracts. However, a number of companies have stated they were able to survive the recent economic difficulties through avoiding borrowing large sums of money and rem...
Up to 10% more steam power production
28 May 2014 What exactly could the Aalborg XW-HPX achieve if successful? As a producer of service steam, it would provide the same saturated steam as a traditional exhaust gas boiler, though it would ...
New Director Scroll Product Management at BITZER
28 May 2014 James Cullen has been appointed the new Director Scroll Product Management at BITZER since April 1, 2014. Sindelfingen/Syracuse, May 28, 2014. James Cullen is now responsible for t...
HPA welcomes extension to the Non-Domestic RHI
28 May 2014 The HPA (Heat Pump Association) has welcomed the announcement of the extension to the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). In a statement Tony Bowen, President of the HPA, said: “This second phase of the Non-Domestic scheme significantly increases financial support for eligible GSHP systems and most importantly now includes Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP’s) which at 18 mont...
R32 flammibility holds no fear for contractors, says Daikin
28 May 2014 Graham Wright, legislation specialist for Daikin UK, which is launching small AC units with R32 into the UK next year, has reintereated that the refrigerant’s mild flammability need hold n...
Mitsubishi launches 960kW Ecodan heat pump
28 May 2014 Mitsubishi Electric launches Ecodan ground and water source heat pump capable of up to 960kW renewable heating and water flow temperatures of up to 65°C from a variety of sources, includin...
BITZER debuts its new ammonia compressor packs (ACP)
28 May 2014 BITZER’s recently debuted ammonia compressor pack (ACP) incorporates either two or three compressors with built-on motors, a common oil separator, oil cooler, a specially designed pack con...
7th EHPA Forum: Almost 90% of heat pumps installed in top 10
28 May 2014 The preliminary statistics on the use of heat pumps in Europe as presented by Thomas Nowak, EHPA’s Secretary General, show that at least 6.8 million heat pumps have been installed between 2005-2013 in 21 European markets. Nowak highlighted that the growth of the heat pump market is robust, while the impact of the policy measures such as the energy label is yet to be seen. 30% i...
Clothes Dryers Added to Energy Star
May 28, 2014 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added home clothes dryers to the Energy Star program. EPA estimates that, if all residential clothes dryers sold in the U.S. were to meet the new Energy Star requirements, savings in utility bills would reach $1.5 billion annually, with more than 22 billion pounds of annual greenhouse gas emissions prevented. The EPA sta...
Little Swan/Midea Build Foundation for Entering U.S. Market
May 28, 2014 GE Appliances and China-based washing machine maker Little Swan have been working cooperatively to "promote development and sale of large-capacity front-loading" washers in the United Sta...
