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The ATMOsphere Podcast Network

Your source for natural refrigerants news and reports from ATMOsphere, the world"s leading independent market accelerator for clean cooling and natural refrigerant solutions. More info at www.ATMOsphere.cool.

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5:09

Europe will Lead Adoption of Natural Refrigerants...

The ATMOsphere Podcast Network ·

2025/08/28

The European market is set to lead the global adoption of natural refrigerants across various HVAC&R segments, including light commercial refrigeration and residential air-conditioning and heat pumps, according to analysis from Danish manufacturer Danfoss. By 2032, CO2 (R744), ammonia (R717) or hydrocarbons are projected to be dominant refrigerants in residential, commercial and industrial stationary refrigeration applications across the EU. A similar trend is expected in European air-con...

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2:45

Advansor Said It Has Installed Latin America’s...

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2025/08/27

Danish manufacturer Advansor has installed “Latin America’s largest single CO2 (R744) rack,” a 1.7MW (483TR) SteelXL unit in a new Walmart distribution center in San José, Costa Rica, according to LATAM Sales Manager Mauricio Baena. The system provides 950kW (270TR) of medium-temperature (MT) cooling capacity, 510kW (145TR) of low-temperature (LT) capacity and 246kW (70TR) for heating, Baena told NaturalRefrigerants.com, with the local contractor Dicoma Corporation handling the system setup. ...

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5:56

The Expert Opinion: Technicians are the Key to...

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2025/08/26

This Expert Opinion column has been written by Morgan Vanzo, Senior Director of the North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC), a nonprofit working to eliminate refrigeration’s environmental impacts by facilitating the transition to natural refrigerants. Here Vanzo writes about the importance of technician training to accelerate the transition to natural refrigerants in the U.S. It’s clear: Natural refrigerant adoption isn’t just a technology challenge but a people challenge too...

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5:40

Proposed EN 378 Standard Seen as Having ‘Significant...

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2025/08/26

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has released an updated draft version of the safety standard EN 378 for voting and comments by national standardization committees and other stakeholders. The draft version – officially prEN 378:2025 – was issued on July 3 and will be open for voting and comments until September 25. A final vote will occur in 2026. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

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6:07

Adaptation 2025: New Study Compares the Climate...

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2025/08/25

A new study by refrigeration consulting firms Re-phridge and A/gent Consultancy compares annual indirect climate-related deaths from global warming attributable to HFC refrigerant emissions to direct deaths attributable to the ignition of hydrocarbon refrigerants in refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat pump (RACHP) equipment. The study measures mortality until 2050 and operates under two assumptions for HFC emissions and hydrocarbon equipment in the marketplace. Read the full story on Nat...

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5:52

This Week in Natural Refrigerants News: Friday August...

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2025/08/22

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ⁠ATMO America: Copeland Prioritizing CO2 Refrigeration Adoption in North America, Says Director of Solutions Strategy⁠ ⁠Adaptation 2025: Integrated R600a Heat Pump Can Cut Supermarket HVAC&R OpEx by Up to 91% Compared to Gas Boiler, Study Finds⁠ ⁠Solid Energy Has Sold Over 150 Large-Scale Hydrocarbon Heat Pumps With −30 to 170°C Flow Temperature Range⁠ ⁠Nidec Global Appliance’s VP of HVAC Shares the Company’s Outlook on Propane in HVAC⁠ ⁠F...

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4:20

SCM Ref New Zealand Designs, Builds and Tests ‘First’...

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2025/08/22

SCM Ref NZ, a subsidiary of Beijer Ref, has designed, built and tested what it believes is one of the “first” CO2 (R744) ice builder packages, according to Chris Gibbons, Product Development Manager at the company. The unit generates and stores cooling capacity as an ice bank for dairy farmers at night when energy costs are low in New Zealand, Gibbons told NaturalRefrigerants.com in an exclusive interview. During the day, when energy costs are high, cold water circulates through from the ice ...

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4:07

ATMO America: Copeland Prioritizing CO2 Refrigeration...

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2025/08/21

With a collaborative CO2 (R744) lab and openly available studies and educational papers, Copeland is prioritizing the adoption of CO2 refrigeration in North America, according to Andre Patenaude, the company’s Director of Solutions Strategy. Patenaude outlined the American components manufacturer’s natural refrigerant stewardship efforts in a presentation at ATMO America 2025. The event was organized by ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, and held June 11‒12 in Atlanta.&nb...

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4:41

Solid Energy Has Sold Over 150 Large-Scale...

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2025/08/20

Danish manufacturer Solid Energy has sold more than 150 large-scale hydrocarbon heat pumps with high-temperature flow capabilities between −30 and 170°C (−22 and 338°F) for district heating and industrial processing applications, according to the company. Solid Energy, founded in 2015, installed its first hydrocarbon heat pump in 2018. It offers seven heating-capacity sizes ranging from 200 to 1,200kW (56.9 to 341.2TR) that can be configured for four types of hydrocarbon refrigerants: propane...

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3:28

Finland’s National Railway to Operate 20 Regional...

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2025/08/19

Finland’s government-owned railway company VR Group will operate 20 regional Fast Light Intercity and Regional Trains (FLIRT) equipped with propane (R290) HVAC systems, according to Liebherr-Transportation Systems. Railway manufacturer Stadler Polska contracted with Liebherr to provide the propane HVAC units for the 20 Finnish-bound trains, which include 80 saloon HVAC units, 80 heat recovery units and 40 cab units. Delivery of the systems runs from September 2024 to the end of December 2026...

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4:11

Adaptation 2025: Integrated R600a Heat Pump Can Cut...

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2025/08/18

Integrating an isobutane (R600a) heat pump into a supermarket’s transcritical CO2 (R744) booster refrigeration system can cut space-heating operating costs by as much as 91% compared to a natural gas boiler, according to new research from the University of Southern Denmark. The study, which modeled the energy and cost impacts for a Stockholm supermarket, also found that replacing the gas boiler with the R600a system could lower greenhouse gas emissions by around 94%. Read the full story...

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5:42

Nidec Global Appliance’s VP of HVAC Shares the...

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2025/08/18

Embraco recently announced that it would enter the residential and commercial HVAC markets with a new line of scroll compressors offering 1.2 to 35HP that support propane (R290), R410A, R404A, “low-GWP options” and A2L refrigerants. While propane is the only natural refrigerant currently offered, it has shown great growth potential in both residential and commercial HVAC in Europe. This past June, IKEA announced it had started selling R290 home heat pumps in Germany built by the Swedish...

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6:16

This Week in Natural Refrigerants News: Friday,...

The ATMOsphere Podcast Network ·

2025/08/15

This Week in Natural Refrigerants News covers the top stories in natural refrigerants from the past week. For the week of August 15th, we're taking a look at five stories, from technician training in North America to a new wastewater isobutane heat pump for district heating in Germany. Links to each story are below. Read more: ⁠NASRC Launches R-TRADE Supporters Program to Accelerate Natural Refrigerants Training for Technicians⁠Read more: ⁠Nihon Netsugen Systems Sees 15‒20% Annual Growth in C...

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1:47

ATMOsphere Launches Weekly Natural Refrigerants News...

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2025/08/15

ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, has launched a weekly natural refrigerants news digest podcast, which is released every Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. “This Week in Natural Refrigerants News” covers the week’s top stories published on NaturalRefrigerants.com, which are selected by the site’s Managing Editor, Michael Hines. The podcast is generated and hosted by artificial intelligence and takes a conversational approach. The two AI hosts, A.T. and M.O., discu...

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4:08

NASRC Launches R-TRADE Supporters Program to...

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2025/08/14

The North American Sustainable Refrigeration Council (NASRC) has launched the R-TRADE Supporters program, which enables organizations to contribute funding directly to the training initiative without becoming a member of the NASRC. The NASRC launched the R-TRADE (refrigeration technician recruitment, advancement, development and education) training program last fall with seed funding from five major stakeholders in the U.S. grocery retail sector: Albertsons, Amazon, Costco, Kroger and Walmart...

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4:55

Kriwan’s CEO Shares How His Company is Helping Solve...

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2025/08/14

One of Christian Ellwein’s major takeaways after attending Chillventa 2024 was that natural refrigerants are “no longer just a niche but will be the future.” Ellwein is the CEO of Kriwan, a German HVAC&R electronics and sensor manufacturer. Another of his takeaways was that this shift to naturals is driving developments in new technologies. “The market continues to grow,” Ellwein told NaturalRefrigerants.com. “Technical challenges are increasingly being solved, and it seems there is no re...

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4:43

SolarEast Opens Net-Zero R&D Center in China Focused...

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2025/08/13

Chinese heat pump manufacturer SolarEast has opened a new R&D facility at its headquarters in Lianyungang, specializing in testing propane (R290)-based air-to-water heat pumps for the global market. The 32,000m2 (345,000ft2) complex, which cost around $17 million (€14.7 million) to build, has become China’s first net-zero carbon heat pump testing facility, according to the manufacturer. “The investment comes at a time of global heat pump acceleration, particularly in Europe, where cold-cl...

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4:15

15 to 20MW Isobutane Heat Pump to Provide District...

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2025/08/13

German energy utility company N-ERGIE is expanding its district heating network with a 15 to 20MW (4,265 to 5,686TR) isobutane (R600a) heat pump that will supply heat to roughly 5,000 homes in Nuremberg using heat from treated wastewater. In 2024, the Nuremberg Department of Sewage and Environmental Analysis (SUN) treated 71 million cubic meters (18.7 billion gallons/70.7 billion liters) of wastewater at the city’s treatment plant on Adolf Braun Street. The treated water is discharged into th...

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3:09

Nihon Netsugen Systems Sees 15‒20% Annual Growth in...

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2025/08/12

Nihon Netsugen Systems (NNS), a Japanese manufacturer of industrial refrigeration systems, is seeing a 15‒20% annual sales increase for its CO2 (R744) equipment, according to company President Katsuhiko Harada. Along with its Super Green CO2 condensing units, NNS also manufactures CO2 brine chillers and installs large-scale ammonia (R717) refrigeration systems manufactured by GEA. The company has 620 CO2 condensing units operating in 230 industrial refrigeration projects in Japan, Harada told...

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4:27

Enex Technologies’ Product Management Director on the...

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2025/08/12

Launching one new product a month in any industry is challenging, especially in HVAC&R. However, that’s the challenge Enex Technologies has set for itself, and Product Management Director Massimiliano Sfragara spoke with NaturalRefrigerants.com about how his team works to ensure the company can reach its ambitious goal. Enex designs and manufactures refrigeration systems, heat pumps and chillers using natural refrigerants, including ammonia (R717), CO2 (R744), propane (R290) and water (R7...

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