A one-day event organised yesterday by the European Heat Pump Association, provided insights on the market potential for heat pumps in Europe, the policies affecting deployment, non exploited potential of large scale heat pumps, intelligent heat pumps as enabling technology for larger integration of renewable electricity generation as well as technology developments, such as new heat exchanger technology for CO₂ heat pumps by SWEP. UPDATE: The presentations by SWEP and other participants are now available.

On the eve of Earth Day 2010, supermarket store IGA St-Augustin inaugurated its CO₂ cascade refrigeration system at the official opening of the store in Mirabel, an off-island suburb north-west of Montreal, Canada. + IMAGE GALLERY

SWEP, one of the world's leading suppliers of compact brazed heat exchangers (CBEs), has developed a double wall unit for high-pressure CO₂ refrigeration and heat pump applications. The highly performing B16DW-U is perfectly reliable to protect the cooled food chain in supermarkets, saving capital, running costs and valuable retail space.