The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added another HFC-based refrigerant to its listing of alternatives to R-12. The EPA, under its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program, added SP34E to the list.
The announcement came from Solpower Corp., a U.S. distributor of the refrigerant. The product is currently made in Canada and has been available in that country as well as Australia and Japan, according to the company.