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š—–š—®š—暝—暝—¶š—²š—æ š—§š—暝—®š—»š˜€š—¶š—°š—¼š—¹š—±ā€™š˜€ š—¹š—®š˜š—²š˜€š˜ š—±š—²š˜ƒš—²š—¹š—¼š—½š—ŗš—²š—»š˜š˜€ š—®š—暝—¼š˜‚š—»š—± š—„šŸ°šŸ±šŸ°š—” š—®š—暝—² š—¶š—»š˜š—²š—暝—²š˜€š˜š—¶š—»š—“ š—³š—¼š—æ š—® š—暝—²š—®š˜€š—¼š—» š˜š—µš—®š˜ š—“š—¼š—²š˜€ š—Æš—²š˜†š—¼š—»š—± š˜š—暝—®š—»š˜€š—½š—¼š—暝˜ š—暝—²š—³š—暝—¶š—“š—²š—暝—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—».

What caught my attention was not really the refrigerant. āž”ļø It was the direction of information. š—§š—µš—¶š˜€ š—°š—µš—¼š—¶š—°š—² š—®š—±š—±š˜€ š—® š—»š—²š˜„ š—¹š—®š˜†š—²š—æ, š—®š—¹š—¹š—¼š˜„š—¶š—»š—“ š—¶š—»š—³š—¼š—暝—ŗš—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—» š˜š—¼ š—ŗš—¼š˜ƒš—² š—¶š—» š˜š—µš—² š—¼š—½š—½š—¼š˜€š—¶š˜š—² š—±š—¶š—暝—²š—°š˜š—¶š—¼š—». Until now, much of the technical flow has been: š—ŗš—®š—»š˜‚š—³š—®š—°š˜š˜‚š—暝—²š—æ ā†’ š—±š—¶š˜€š˜š—暝—¶š—Æš˜‚š˜š—¼š—æ ā†’ š—¶š—»š˜€š˜š—®š—¹š—¹š—²š—æ ā†’…

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When reclaimed refrigerant becomes a strategic asset

Reclaiming is no longer only a circular-economy issue. As recovery, separation and regeneration technologies improve, the refrigerant already circulating within the installed base becomes increasingly valuable. This changes more than the treatment process. It can strengthen the position of distributors and reclaimers, reinforce their relationship…

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Pš—²š—暝—¼š˜ƒš˜€š—øš—¶š˜š—²

I have followed š—½š—²š—暝—¼š˜ƒš˜€š—øš—¶š˜š—² several times in recent months because the signals around the technology were accumulating. š—–š—µš—¶š—»š—®ā€™š˜€ š—»š—²š˜„ šŸ®šŸ¬šŸ®šŸ²ā€“šŸ®šŸ¬šŸÆšŸ¬ š—¶š—»š—±š˜‚š˜€š˜š—暝—¶š—®š—¹ š—½š—¹š—®š—» š—°š—µš—®š—»š—“š—²š˜€ š˜š—µš—² š˜„š—²š—¶š—“š—µš˜ š—¼š—³ š˜š—µš—¼š˜€š—² š˜€š—¶š—“š—»š—®š—¹š˜€. š—£š—²š—暝—¼š˜ƒš˜€š—øš—¶š˜š—² tandem cells are now explicitly included among the technologies China intends to develop and commercialise. This…

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š—Ŗš—µš—®š˜ š—°š—®š—» š—¤šŸ® šŸ®šŸ¬šŸ®šŸ² š—暝—²š—³š—暝—¶š—“š—²š—暝—®š—»š˜ š—½š—暝—¶š—°š—²š˜€ š˜š—²š—¹š—¹ š˜‚š˜€ š—®š—Æš—¼š˜‚š˜ š˜„š—µš—²š—暝—² š˜š—µš—² š—˜š˜‚š—暝—¼š—½š—²š—®š—» š—ŗš—®š—暝—øš—²š˜ š—¶š˜€ š—“š—¼š—¶š—»š—“?

Perhaps more than the individual price changes themselves. The latest European monitoring shows a market that is broadly stable in terms of supply. Quarter on quarter: ā–Ŗļø R134a: +1% ā–Ŗļø R410A: +2% Nothing particularly dramatic. Yet compared with 2014, their prices remain several times higher,…

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š—§š—µš—² š—»š—²š—²š—± š˜š—¼ š—ŗš—®š—¶š—»š˜š—®š—¶š—» š—¼š—¹š—±š—²š—æ š—¶š—»š˜€š˜š—®š—¹š—¹š—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—»š˜€ š˜„š—µš—¶š—¹š—² š—®š—±š—®š—½š˜š—¶š—»š—“ š˜š—µš—²š—ŗ š˜š—¼ š˜š—¶š—“š—µš˜š—²š—æ š—暝—²š—³š—暝—¶š—“š—²š—暝—®š—»š˜ š—°š—¼š—»š˜€š˜š—暝—®š—¶š—»š˜š˜€ š—¶š˜€ š—»š—¼š˜ š—¹š—¶š—ŗš—¶š˜š—²š—± š˜š—¼ š˜€š˜š—®š˜š—¶š—¼š—»š—®š—暝˜† š—›š—©š—”š—–/š—„.

It is also appearing in the automotive market. š—¦š—¼š—¹š˜€š˜š—¶š—°š—²ā€™š˜€ š—¹š—®š˜š—²š˜€š˜ š—±š—²š˜ƒš—²š—¹š—¼š—½š—ŗš—²š—»š˜ š—³š—¼š—æ š—°š—¼š—»š˜ƒš—²š—暝˜š—¶š—»š—“ š—¼š—¹š—±š—²š—æ š—®š˜‚š˜š—¼š—ŗš—¼š˜š—¶š˜ƒš—² š—„-šŸ­šŸÆšŸ°š—® š˜€š˜†š˜€š˜š—²š—ŗš˜€ š˜š—¼ š—„-šŸ­šŸ®šŸÆšŸ°š˜†š—³, recently presented at Automechanika, goes in this direction. āž”ļø The concept itself is not new. A similar retrofit approach had already been announced in 2024. āž”ļø…

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