There is currently “no draft language published” in Europe regarding f-gas regulations, according to Alain Compingt, research and development director for Heatcraft Worldwide Refrigeration — Europe. He told an audience of supermarket engineers at the Food Marketing Institute’s Energy & Store Development Conference that there is a focus on various carbon levies in Europe to make use of such f-gasses as HFCs more costly.
“You can expect tightened requirements and potential tax or other means to bridging the capital cost gap between traditional and natural refrigerant technologies,” Compingt noted.