“Our additional supply allows us to ship increased volumes of Honeywell’s low-global-warming-potential Solstice yf and will enable automobile manufacturers around the world to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the automotive fleet, beginning now,” said Terrence Hahn, vice president and general manager of Honeywell’s Fluorine Products business. “Solstice yf not only exceeds the goals of the EU’s [European Union] Mobile Air Conditioning (MAC) Directive, it provides a safe, long-term, global, and energy-efficient solution that will become an even larger component of climate protection for years to come.”
HFO-1234yf has a global warming potential (GWP) of 4, which is 97 percent lower than the mandated level of 150 specified in the European MAC Directive, and 99.7 percent lower than HFC-134a, the refrigerant currently in use.