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10 September 2021 News
PUBLISHED EVIDENCE SUPPORTS VERY LOW YIELDS OF TFA FROM MOST HFOs AND HCFOs
EFCTC has analysed the most current, peer reviewed scientific papers on the potential contribution of HFOs and HCFOs, containing the CF3CH= moiety, to existing and future TFA levels. The conclusion fr...
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10 September 2021 News
COMING EVENTS
All events may be subject to change due to the coronavirus outbreak, some have become online events.
2021
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021- 19th annual AFCE symposium - Paris (France)
Colloque annu...
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10 September 2021 News
IPCC AR6 DISCUSSES THE USE OF 100-YEAR AND 20-YEAR GWPS AND OTHER EMISSION METRICS
Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis discusses a range of emission metrics that are used to model different effects of emissions . The basis of all the emission metrics is the time profile...
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10 September 2021 News
PFAS – A RANGE OF DEFINITIONS ARE BEING USED BY DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS
In July, five countries published their intention to propose a REACH restriction for PFAS based on the assessment of the information collected. The PFAS Registry of Intentions (RoI) by Denmark, German...
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10 September 2021 News
NEW ON OUR SITE/LINKS/LIBRARY
RCC K&L, the Dutch refrigeration magazine, has published an EFCTC-contribution online at:
https://www.koudeenluchtbehandeling.nl/verdieping/efctc-geeft-reactie-op-artikel-kauffeld-over-hfo-koudem...
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10 September 2021 News
IPCC AR6 UPDATED GWP VALUES FOR HFCs and HFOs
IPCC AR6 in - Climate Change 2021, The Physical Science Basis- Chapter 7.SM provides updated GWP values for relevant substances. EFCTC has updated its data tables to include the values from the most...
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10 September 2021 Press Release
EFCTC WEBINAR “F-GASES AS PFAS: WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT WILL COME NEXT?”
EFCTC received a positive response from other associations and downstream users following its webinar on F-gases as PFAS held on 3 September 2021. EFCTC urged the participants to submit a response to...
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10 September 2021 News
EFCTC PRESENTATION ON F-GASES AS PFAS
EFCTC organized a webinar where speakers provided an overview of the REACH Restriction process, explained why the PFAS restriction could have an impact on F-gases, and shared the arguments against the...
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13 August 2021 Press Release
The contribution of HFCs and HFOs to global warming is well characterised irrespective of 100 years versus 20 years GWPs
The 20 year GWPs promoted by Shecco are not something that is new, and are discussed by EFCTC on its website in LEARN ABOUT… Selecting and Using GWP values for Refrigerants. This includes 20 year GW...
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06 July 2021 News
COMING EVENTS 2021/2022
Please note that all events may be subject to change due to the coronavirus outbreak, some have become online events.
2021
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021- 19th annual AFCE symposium- Paris (France)
Colloqu...
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06 June 2021 News
EFCTC COMMENT ON UBA REPORT ON FLUORINATED REFRIGERANTS EMISSIONS AND DRINKING WATER QUALITY
The UBA press release “trifluoracetic acid from fluorinated refrigerants contaminates rainwater” provides no information on the levels of TFA in rainwater, the forecast levels due to continued us...
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06 June 2021 News
ATMOSPHERIC BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS OF HFCs AND HFOs- Relevant data omitted from ECOS report
In its briefing, publicised at the May F-gas stakeholders meeting, ECOS discussed the life cycle impact of refrigerants, and specifically, the additional impact of the degradation that refrigerants u...
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06 June 2021 News
2020: HFCs CONTRIBUTE 1.13% TO CLIMATE WARMING INFLUENCE OF GREENHOUSE GASES
The US NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has released its 2020 update of the AGGI (Annual Greenhouse Gas Index), which follows the evolution of the radiative forcing (ability of a...
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06 June 2021 News
NO CREDIBLE LINK BETWEEN ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC HFC-23 LEVELS AND UPTAKE OF HFO-1234ZE
A recent paper by Hansen has proposed that R-23 is formed as a minor product in yields of 11.0 ± 5.5 % from atmospheric photolysis of trifluoroacetaldehyde (CF3CHO) in the troposphere. Trifluoroacet...
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03 June 2021 News
REFRIGERANT DEGRADATION: IS HFC-23 (CF3H) FORMED DUE TO THE DECOMPOSITION OF HFOs AND HCFOs IN THE TROPOSPHERE?
HFOs and HCFOs that contain the CF3CH= group breakdown in the atmosphere to give CF3CHO (trifluoroacetaldehyde) as an intermediate product . The main final breakdown products of HFOs and HCFOs contain...
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30 May 2021 News
REFRIGERANT GWP VALUES: SHOULD MOST RECENT VALUES BE USED FOR THE F-GAS REGULATION?
In its paper, publicized at the 6th May F-gas stakeholders meeting, ECOS discussed how ‘future-proof’ are GWP values. ECOS stated that a problem with environmental policy based on GWP values is th...
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29 May 2021 News
LATEST ON THE F-GAS REVIEW FOLLOWING STAKEHOLDER MEETING
The stakeholder’s meeting on 6th May, organised by Ricardo PLC, Öko-Recherche, Öko-Institut and the European Commission, was an important step in the Commission’s plan to propose changes to the...
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28 May 2021 News
ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP JUNE 2021
In this round-up: The issue of illegal trade was an important theme of the F-gas Regulation stakeholder meeting, with a range of policy options discussed and welcomed in the EFCTC press release; The ...
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27 May 2021 News
IN BRIEF: TRENDS IN HFC-23 BY-PRODUCT EMISSIONS FROM HCFC-22 PRODUCTION
HFC-23 is a by-product from the production of HCFC-22. According to a 2020 paper , global HFC-23 emissions derived from atmospheric measurements were historically at their highest level in 2018, in co...
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26 May 2021 News
NEW ON FLUOROCARBONS.ORG JUNE 2021
EFCTC Position Paper Refrigerant Degradation: Is HFC-23 (CF3H) formed due to the decomposition of HFOs and HCFOs in the troposphere?
Updated LEARN ABOUT… Selecting and using GWPs for refrigerants...
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29 April 2021 News
LATEST ON THE F-GAS REVIEW
The stakeholder’s meeting on 6th May with the Commission DG Clima and consultant Öko-Recherche, is an important step in the Commission’s plan to propose changes to the F- gas rules by the end of...
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28 April 2021 News
ILLEGAL TRADE ROUND-UP MAY 2021
In this round-up: The United States has expressed concern about the impact of illegal HFCs on the export of lower GWP refrigerants to Europe. According to a recent survey conducted by the EFCTC, 52% o...
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27 April 2021 News
EXPLANATION: TFA IS DIFFERENT TO MOST OTHER PFAS – LEARN WHY
The UNEP Environmental Effects Assessment Panel (EEAP) in its latest 2021 scientific update includes a comprehensive summary for Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and points out that most PFAS have different...
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26 April 2021 News
NEW ENERGY EFFICIENT R-134A REEFER, R-513A DROP-IN READY
The new fresh or frozen reefer container offers increased power coefficient (energy performance) and reduced environmental impact using lower GWP R-134a (compared to R-452A which is widely used for re...
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