ShareIndia’s capacity to leapfrog HFCs
A paper* presented by Non Governmental Organizations during MOP-24 in Geneva describes preliminary results of a project to explore the business case in India for avoiding high-GWP HFCs in new room air conditioners and motor vehicle air conditioners and adopting lower GWP alternatives.
A paper* presented by Non Governmental Organizations during MOP-24 in Geneva describes preliminary results of a project to explore the business case in India for avoiding high-GWP HFCs in new room air conditioners and motor vehicle air conditioners and adopting lower GWP alternatives.
There are approximately 4 to 5 million air conditioners in India. The Indian Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Manufacturers’ Association (RAMA) forecasts that 300 million air conditioning units will be in service by 2030 – an increase over 50-fold over the current number. Today, almost all room air conditioners produced and marketed in India use HCFC-22. Most companies manufacturing or importing room air conditioners to India have chosen to use high-GWP HFC 410A, with a GWP of 2088, at this stage. However three companies (Godrej Industries, Daikin and Panasonic) manufacturing and marketing room air conditioners in India plan to offer systems with lower-GWP refrigerants (HC-290 – propane – and HFC-32).
Today, almost all automobile air conditioners produced or marketed in India use HFC-134a, which has a GWP of 1430. Two companies in India – TATA Motors and Maruti Suzuki – have designed prototype HFO-1234yf systems for vehicles they intend to export to Europe, where new models shall use refrigerants with a GWP lower than 150. However, there are uncertainties regarding the supply of HFO-1234yf in India.
The authors of the report conclude that India is technically able to minimize reliance on HFCs in room and vehicle air conditioning but policies, refrigerant supply, safety standards, training and financing need to be set up.
* CEEW, IGSD, NRDC, TERI: Cooling India with Less Warming: the Business Case for Phasing-down HFCs in Room and Vehicle Air Conditioners
There are approximately 4 to 5 million air conditioners in India. The Indian Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Manufacturers’ Association (RAMA) forecasts that 300 million air conditioning units will be in service by 2030 – an increase over 50-fold over the current number. Today, almost all room air conditioners produced and marketed in India use HCFC-22. Most companies manufacturing or importing room air conditioners to India have chosen to use high-GWP HFC 410A, with a GWP of 2088, at this stage. However three companies (Godrej Industries, Daikin and Panasonic) manufacturing and marketing room air conditioners in India plan to offer systems with lower-GWP refrigerants (HC-290 – propane – and HFC-32).
Today, almost all automobile air conditioners produced or marketed in India use HFC-134a, which has a GWP of 1430. Two companies in India – TATA Motors and Maruti Suzuki – have designed prototype HFO-1234yf systems for vehicles they intend to export to Europe, where new models shall use refrigerants with a GWP lower than 150. However, there are uncertainties regarding the supply of HFO-1234yf in India.
The authors of the report conclude that India is technically able to minimize reliance on HFCs in room and vehicle air conditioning but policies, refrigerant supply, safety standards, training and financing need to be set up.
* CEEW, IGSD, NRDC, TERI: Cooling India with Less Warming: the Business Case for Phasing-down HFCs in Room and Vehicle Air Conditioners