The ATMOsphere Podcast Network

Industrial heat pumps are set to play a major role in the European Union’s goal to be climate-neutral by 2050. The industry sector and residential and commercial sector account for 20.3% and 11.9%, respectively, of the bloc’s total emissions. Industrial heat pumps are already driving decarbonization in this sector, with natural refrigerants playing a major role. Read the full story on NaturalRefri...

The Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe, a Brussels-based NGO, has released a report that challenges industry interpretations of animal studies looking at the toxicity of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a byproduct of some f-gases, pesticides and other chemicals. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

Dick Yi, Sales Manager of Chinese Foshan LYD Energy Saving Technology , highlighted examples of the company’s CO2 (R744) heat pumps installed in Europe, North America and Oceania in an exclusive interview with NaturalRefrigerants.com.   Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com. 

European data center operator Kolo has announced the opening of DK5, a colocation facility in Copenhagen that uses water-cooled propane (R290) chillers for server cooling. The company made the announcement on LinkedIn, with a subsequent post from DataCenterGruppen, a Danish supplier of data center solutions that worked with Kolo on the project, stating that the servers are cooled with a cooling sy...

  Teko , a German manufacturer of commercial and industrial CO2 (R744) racks, chillers and heat pumps, sold natural refrigerant products in 2024 that avoided the lifetime release of 1.04 million metric tons of CO2e (GWP 20) and 5.5 tons of TFA (trifluoroacetic acid), according to estimations by ATMOsphere, the publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com.   Read the full story on  NaturalRefrigerants.com....

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ⁠ATMO MAC: Shanghai Highly to Begin Mass Production of Integrated R290 EV Thermal Management Module in 2026⁠ ⁠IAA 2025: DENSO Gives an Update on the R290 MAC Components Its Developing for EVs⁠ ⁠Swegon Extends the Heating Capacity of Its Water-to-Water R290 Sigma Zero Heat Pump/Chiller to 290kW⁠ ⁠Aermec UK Launches Two New Reversible R290 Heat Pumps for C...

Swedish manufacturer Swegon has announced that its Sigma Zero range of water-to-water propane (R290) chillers and heat pumps has been expanded to a maximum heating capacity of 290kW (82.4TR). The Sigma Zero was originally released in 2023 with a minimum capacity of 20kW (5.6TR) and a maximum capacity of 70kW (19.9TR).  Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

 DENSO presented alongside Ford at the 2024 ATMO MAC Summit, an event dedicated to the use of natural refrigerants in mobile air-conditioning (MAC), with the joint presentation focusing on the use of a propane (R290)-based full secondary loop heat pump for EVs. Almost one year later, the automotive components and technology supplier was exhibiting at IAA Mobility 2025, a tradeshow for automakers a...

 Aermec UK has entered the natural refrigerants market with the launch of two new reversible propane (R290) heat pumps for commercial and industrial applications to meet the growing demand for sustainable HVAC technologies. “The market for propane products is continually growing,” said David Evans, General Sales Manager at Aermec UK. “This is being driven by demand for more eco-friendly refrigeran...

Shanghai Highly , a Chinese manufacturer of compressors for stationary and mobile HVAC applications, has announced that mass production of its propane (R290)-based integrated thermal management module for electric vehicles (EVs) – built around a scroll compressor – will begin in 2026.  Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com.

The articles in the podcast are as follows: ATMOsphere Projects Annual TFA Produced by F-Gas Emissions from MAC in Europe to Quadruple by 2034 https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/enerin-to-install-1-2mw-hoegtemp-high-temperature-heat-pump-using-helium-at-a-roche-switzerland-facility/ https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/u-s-epa-proposes-5-to-6-year-delays-in-gwp-limits-for-retail-and-cold-storage...

Dick Yi, Sales Manager of the China-based Foshan LYD Energy Saving Technology, highlighted examples of the company’s CO2 (R744) heat pump projects in China in an exclusive interview with NaturalRefrigerants.com .  In 2015, LYD installed its first heat pump in China, which was put into a hotel to generate domestic hot water. Today, the company manufactures air-to-air, air-to-water and water-to-wate...

Norwegian manufacturer Enerin has announced that it will supply a 1.2MW (3 41TR) high-temperature heat pump using helium to pharmaceutical company Roche Switzerland that will produce steam for the chemical production process at its Basel/Kaiseraugst facility. The HoegTemp heat pump, a V12 model, will be installed during the first half of 2026 and will produce steam year-round at a pressure of 6bar...

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday announced a proposed rule that would make a number of changes in the Technology Transitions rule, including delays in the start days of new GWP limits for refrigerants used in supermarket and cold-storage refrigeration.  The Technology Transitions rule is one of three pillars of the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, enacted i...

The U.S. branch of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said in a new report that it supports full harmonization of U.S. standards on the use of flammable (A3) hydrocarbon refrigerants in HVAC equipment with the global standard IEC 60335-2-40.  This could enable 78–88% of new air-conditioning and heat-pump equipment in the U.S. to transition to propane (R290) between 2030 and 2035, accordi...

 Alkosto, a Colombian hypermarket chain, has opened its first transcritical CO2 (R744) store in Bogotá’s Mosquera suburb, according to Colombian refrigeration manufacturer and installer Weston. The CO2 refrigeration system ‒ manufactured by German manufacturer TEKO ‒ provides 162kW (46.1TR) of medium-temperature and 24kW (6.8TR) of low-temperature cooling capacity, Weston told NaturalRefrigerants....

 ATMOsphere, a global market accelerator of clean cooling and heating solutions and publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, has reapproved the ATMO Approved Natural Refrigerants Label for Vahterus , a Finnish manufacturer of plate and shell heat exchangers.  Vahterus first received the ATMO Approved label in 2024 . Mauri Kontu, Founder and CEO, told NaturalRefrigerants.com he’s “proud to be recogniz...

ATMOsphere, publisher of NaturalRefrigerants.com, has projected that emissions of f-gas refrigerants (mostly HFO-1234yf) from mobile air-conditioning (MAC) and thermal management systems in Europe will cause annual levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the atmosphere to quadruple to about 8,000 metric tons between 2015 and 2034. Read the full article on NaturalRefrigerants.com .

China is set to lead the adoption of natural refrigerants in electric vehicles (EVs) by the end of this decade, according to Matteo Martini, Research and Analysis Associate Director at automotive intelligence company S&P Global Mobility. Read the full article on NaturalRefrigerants.com .

The HVACR Next Generation congress is being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 28. It's being put on by Eurovent Middle East, and NaturalRefrigerants.com spoke with Markus Lattner, Managing Director of Eurovent Middle East, to learn more about the event. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com .

We're recapping the top stories in natural refrigerants news this week! All stories were published on NaturalRefrigerants.com and can be read at the links below: ATMO MAC: China to Lead the Transition to Natural Refrigerants in Electric Vehicles, Says S&P Global Mobility IAA Mobility 2025: Nidec AMEC Showcases R290 Thermal Management Module for EVs Takeda’s Butane–Water High-Temperature H...

Auckland-based SCM Ref NZ, a subsidiary of Beijer Ref, has supplied over 80 transcritical CO2 (R744) systems in New Zealand, according to Product Development Manager Chris Gibbons. Read the entire article on NaturalRefrigerants.com at this link .

Automotive parts supplier Nidec AMEC (Automotive Motors & Electronic Control) showcased a model of its upcoming propane (R290) thermal management system for electric vehicles (EVs) at IAA Mobility 2025. Read the full story on NaturalRefrigerants.com here .

A group of companies that has develops, manufactures and installs high-temperature CO2 (R744)-based heat pumps for a range of commercial applications was named runner up in the New York’s Empire Technology Prize competition at a ceremony in New York City on September 19. The companies – Flow Environmental Systems , Ambient Enterprises and Gil-Bar Industries – received $100,000 as the second-place...

Tesco, the U.K.’s largest supermarket, is expanding its investment in natural refrigerants with the addition of five more ECOOLTEC TM182 transport refrigeration units to its fleet, according to a statement from ECOOLTEC. The announcement follows a successful year-long trial of the units, which combine CO2 (R744) in the internal cooling circuit with propylene (R1270) in the external circuit. During...