Heat Pump
Hitachi to Launch New Commercial Heat Pump Water Heaters
In stages from March, Hitachi Appliances will release the 15-kW ED and three other series of natural refrigerant CO2 heat pump water heaters (commercial Eco Cute units) featuring enhanced energy-savin...
Community in Shenyang Enjoys Heating Supply by Sewage-source
According to the release on November 3, 2014, heating area of the phase two project of Shenyang Sunshine 100 International New Town came to 1 million m2, making itself the largest community in China that utilizes sewage-source heat pump technology for heat supply. In one winter, 30,000 tons of coal could be saved for heating. Three chillers and six sewage-source heat pumps are operating at ...
GSHP Covers 5 Million m2 in Hubei
According to Hubei Land and Resources Department, the province has initiated survey and evaluation of shallow geothermal energy at all major cities. The government plans to get overall understanding in one year about utilization of shallow geothermal energy at all cities, offering reference for future large -scale exploration and utilization of green energies. Hubei started to utilize geoth...
New heat metering qualification for RHI installers
19 February 2015 Logic Certification has introduced a course for installers working on RHI installations where heat metering is required. The QCF Level 2 Award in the Principles of Metering for Renewable Heat Installations covers the knowledge and understanding needed to select, position, install and commission heat meters and their associated components. Director Mark Krull said: “F...
Osaka Gas Promotes GHP Benefits and Advantages
At the International Symposium on New Refrigerants and Environmental Technology held in Kobe in November 2014, Toshinari Sakai, leader of Energy Engineering, Osaka Gas, gave a presentation on the late...
Heat Pump Market Trends in Europe
The commercial sector currently offers the best prospects for growth for heat pumps says Thomas Nowak, secretary general of the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA), in an interview with the French magazine Clima+Confort. More than 10% of heat pump sales are for installations of 20 kW and over - an estimated market of 70,000-100,000 units. Feedback from the industry shows demand is growing...
Saint Joseph Technical High School Adopts CO2
The Saint Joseph Technical High School Group in Troyes, France, held an open day late in 2014 with CO2 as theme. The school demonstrated an Advansor central transcritical CO2 system it is now using for training sessions. Saint Joseph Technical High School is specialized in energy services. Darren Lacroix, international sales director at Advansor, a Denmark-based leader in the field of trans...
2014: a Record Year for Sanden in Europe
Sales of Sanden CO2 heat pumps increased by a staggering 350% in Europe in 2014, and a new re-cord is likely to be broken in 2015. Launched in 2011, Sanden’s heat pumps used in the production of sanitary hot water are manufactured at Sanden Manufacturing Europe’s site in Brittany, France, and 850 employees work at the site. Sanden’s CO2 technology has been chosen by builders of single-famil...
Mayekawa Plus+HEAT Heat Pumps
Mayekawa has launched high pressure Plus+HEAT systems that can produce hot water at temperatures up to 85℃ from various heat sources such as condensed waste heat from compressors, waste heat in factor...
ATW Heat Pump Market in a Context of Low Oil Prices
In France, the price of domestic heating oil has dropped from around 900 Euro(US $ 1,000)/1,000 liters in July 2014 to around 700 Euro(US$ 790)/1,000 liters in January 2015, i.e. a 25% decrease. Over ...
