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  • Briefs: Nigeria

    The Multilateral Fund for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol approved Japan's request for funding for the preparation of a project concerning the application of transcritical CO2 to ice-block manufacturing in Nigeria. The...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • Nigeria commissions first hydrocarbon refrigerant plant

    According to the Nigerian Guardian, the Nigerian Federal Government, in collaboration with UNDP, has commissioned a pilot hydrocarbon refrigerant plant, in the village of Irolu in Ogun State

    • Publication date : 2016/05/04
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  • Latest progress of the LNG industry in Africa

    Africa is expected to increase its share of LNG production by 2050. Emerging infrastructures and gas-specific regulations suggest that the region will become a major LNG hub. 

    • Publication date : 2021/04/28
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Developing country
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  • Markets: Chinese AC exports to Africa are soaring

    Exports of air conditioners from China to Africa grew to over 28.8 million units in the first 8 months of 2010, an increase of 51.3% over last year, according to Chinese customs figures. This growth is even greater than that of Chinese exports of...

    • Publication date : 2011/02/07
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  • Inefficient R22 air conditioners dumped in Africa

    According to a recent report, 35% of room air conditioners (RAC) sold in ten African countries are low efficiency RACs. RACs containing R22 account for 47% of the market, while 49% contain R410A.Setting minimum...

    • Publication date : 2020/09/04
    • Subjects: Environment, Developing country
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  • Briefs: Solar vaccine fridges for hot countries

    Storing vaccines can be difficult in areas with insufficient electric grids, and renewable energies are increasingly being used as a solution. Two companies specializing in renewable energy technologies are to supply vaccine fridges to Nigeria and...

    • Publication date : 2008/05/13
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  • More than one billion people are at high risk due to a lack of access to cooling

    The annual Chilling Prospects report estimates that 355 million people living in poor rural areas and 732 million people living in poor urban areas are at risk due to a lack of access to cooling worldwide....

    • Publication date : 2021/05/31
    • Subjects: Developing country
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  • Addressing gender and regional disparities in access to cooling

    The annual Chilling Prospects report estimates that 1.12 billion poor people in rural and urban areas are at high risk due to a lack of access to cooling. 

    • Publication date : 2023/09/25
    • Subjects: Figures, economy, Developing country, General information
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  • African air-conditioning market: figures

    According to JARN, total air-conditioner demand in Africa was around 2.6 million units in 2012, representing 2.7% of the global air-conditioner market.

    • Publication date : 2013/09/20
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Africa: a project to replace CFC chillers in Africa

    A new UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) joint project aims at replacing chillers in several African countries. A survey conducted in Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Senegal and Sudan, identified...

    • Publication date : 2009/12/09
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  • Global LNG continues to grow despite the crisis

    The current geopolitical situation has favoured the development of new liquefaction projects as well as the growth of existing LNG export markets, according to the IGU World LNG...

    • Publication date : 2022/07/25
    • Subjects: Figures, economy
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  • Star in the Shetlands: Star Refrigeration

    Star Refrigeration, a corporate member of the IIR, has equipped Shetland Catch Ltd. with new blast-freezing equipment, raising the capacity from 200 to over 750 tonnes per day. Shetland Catch's plant near Lerwick is now probably the largest...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/10
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  • Markets: LNG market

    According to Andy Flower, an energy consultant, the global LNG market would maintain an average 12% annual growth until 2012 but should see a shortfall of about 120 million tonnes by 2020. Global LNG trade fell last year for the first time since...

    • Publication date : 2009/05/18
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  • LNG Worldwide

    - Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is found in many parts of the world (e.g. Algeria, Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago), with the largest reserves in the Middle East. Worldwide, there are...

    • Publication date : 2004/04/28
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  • The challenge of the COVID-19 vaccines cold chain in Africa

    A large proportion of African countries do not have the necessary infrastructure for the storage of vaccines at low temperatures. Solar cooling can be a solution in rural areas. 

    • Publication date : 2021/02/23
    • Subjects: Developing country
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  • New IIR members

    The IIR welcomes the following new members: Corporate members JBT FoodTech AB, Helsingborg, Sweden Playcube SARL, Paris, France Air Products & Chemicals Inc, Allentown PA, USA Private members Mr Michael Aarup, Denmark Dr Maria...

    • Publication date : 2008/10/25
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  • New IIR members

    The IIR welcomes the following new members: Corporate members Liebherr-Hausgergerate Ochsenhausen GmbH, Ochsenhausen, Germany Shrieve Products International Ltd, West Malling Kent, United Kingdom Refrigeration Solutions (Pty) Ltd, Cape...

    • Publication date : 2009/05/18
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  • New IIR members

    Here are the private members worldwide who have joined us over the past year. We are very pleased to welcome them. Several members are from countries that are not yet member countries. We also have a lot of new junior members (under 35 years) and...

    • Publication date : 2006/07/26
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  • Participation of the IIR at COP-10

    On December 6-18, 2004, over 6100 participants from 169 countries attended the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP-10) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)  held at the Rural Exhibition Center in Buenos Aires ,...

    • Publication date : 2005/02/11
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  • Editorial by François Billiard

    I am moved as I write these lines: I left the IIR on October 1, 2004, following a 5-year mandate as Director; the Executive Committee elected me on June 13, 1998. Thanks to the IIR's members, the members of its statutory committees, and the staff...

    • Publication date : 2004/11/10
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