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Walmar t responds to Green America’s ‘Cool It!’ Campaign. (Page 38) … METRO AG and Globus open CO 2 stores in Russia. (Page 42) … Diamantis Masoutis and SPAR stores use EPTA’s FTE CO 2 system. (Page 48) … New Zealand’s Eastland Port deploys country’s largest hydrocarbon system. (Page 54)
Natural refrigerants highlighted in Italian survey of HFC-alternative technologies. (Page 46) … Australian retailers seek future-proof solutions at Metcash Expo. (Page 56) … Mayekawa’s sales of the NH 3 /CO 2 NewTon system since launch will exceed 2,000 sets this fiscal year. (Page 58) … Japanese makers of margarine, beer and ice embrace transcritical CO 2 at FOOMA. (Page 60) … Chinese companies produce nearly 160,000 R290 ACs. (Page 68) … Professor Armin Hafner takes the measure of CO 2 refrigeration. (Page 72)
TECHNOLOGY Embraco’s John Prall comments on variable speed c o m p resso rs . ( Page 12) … T he G lobal C oolin g Prize announces finalist ceremony. (Page 24) … Tecnofreddo launches line of commercial propane air-source heat pumps. (Page 50) … Bitzer expands CO 2 training efforts in Australia and New Zealand. (Page 52) … ITC develops prototype transcritical CO 2 system that integrates supercritical CO 2 extraction. (Page 62) … Thailand launches training program on the safe use and handling of propane refrigerant. (Page 64) … Sanden Intercool Group plans to convert entire portfolio to hydrocarbons and CO 2 by 2022. (Page 66) … Dearman’s transport refrigeration unit uses liquid nitrogen to generate both power and cooling. (Page 70)
POLICY Update on the countries that have ratified the Kigali Amendment. (Page 22) … NRDC/Climate Finance Advisors paper recommends four financing models for efficient cooling. (Page 26) … HFOs: How much is too much? (Page 30) … Vermont gives financial incentives to natural refrigerant systems. (Page 40)
September 2019 // Accelerate Magazine