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A GOOD RECLAMATION STRATEGY CAN EASE THE TRANSITION TO LOW GWP REFRIGERANTS.
The F-Gas Legislation requires recovery of HFCs from refrigeration and air conditioning systems as mandatory and also allows the continued use of reclaimed and recycled refrigerants with a GWP over 2500 for a further 10 years after the service ban on the use of virgin product on 01/01/2020.
IDS staff celebrated the 20 year anniversary of IDS Refrigeration Limited this month, hosting a celebratory dinner at Cadbury House just outside Bristol.
Pam started her journey in the refrigerant market back in 1991, when she joined Peter Dinnage and the team, selling R-502 replacement refrigerants. A one month contract soon became two, then three and finally, 26 years on, Pam decided to take retirement.
To keep moving to lower GWP and achieve the phase down targets of F-Gas through to 2030, it will be necessary to use much lower GWP refrigerants. With a further F-Gas phase down step every three years, there is a need to start the move to much lower GWP refrigerants for new equipment now.
The Department for Environment for Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has open a public consultation on introduction of penalty system for F-Gas Regulation breaches.
With refrigerant prices escalating at rates never seen before, the market is waking up to the reality of what the F-Gas quota reductions mean. It remains to be seen if it has grasped the full extent of the first very big reduction in quota coming in 2018. With one major producer announcing they won’t be selling R-404A and R-507 next year and another doubling the price every couple of months, it’s clear that the time has come to stop using R-404A and R-507 and to switch to lower GWP alternatives.
This is a time of rapid change in the refrigeration and cooling industry. The F-Gas Regulation 517-2014 set out to phase down the use of high GWP refrigerants such as R-404A and R-507 and the first impact of the phase down caused by 'quota' restrictions is now being seen. For R-404A and R-507 this is only the start as the real impact will be next year, so now is the time to take action.
