ATMO China 2018: Live coverage highlights

Hello! We're now starting our coverage of Day 2 of #ATMOChina!

We kicked off the day with the Policy Session, we have FECO, UNIDO, EIA, IIAR and shecco presenting during this panel. #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/u7iSI84Rl1

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“In the heat pump sector, CO2 will be of our consideration.” — Zhong Zhifeng, Ministry of Environmental Protection Foreign Economic Cooperation Office #FECO #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/Gal5Y0APEx

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"We are confident in the AC sector R290 units will have good sales.” - Zhong Zhifeng, Ministry of Environmental Protection Foreign Economic Cooperation Office #FECO #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/7TFCcSk4uo

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"Environmental protection is our shared aspiration. I want to see one day, the promotion of #NatRefs will give us a better future. We believe #NatRefs will have a bright future" - Zhong Zhifeng, Ministry of Environmental Protection Foreign Economic Cooperation Office #ATMOChina pic.twitter.com/eVTJu0w40u

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"With the full implementation we can avoid 0.5 a degree of #globalwarming and we can do it without a huge effort. This is very very important” - Ole Nielsen, #UNIDO#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/EddcoQofbW

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“The energy efficiency of R290 products are very dependent on the charge, so if there are restrictions on the charge, then there will be an effect on the #energyefficiency” Ole Nielsen, #UNIDO #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/GXO16mTsCr

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"We need to continue international cooperation on standards issues and the #NatRef industry has to play their part” - Avipsa Mahapatra, Environmental Investigation Agency #EIA pic.twitter.com/dvZXEzj5yR

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"It would be a shame if we don’t let #NatRefs don’t meet their market potential simply because we were not at the table when the standards were being set up” - Avipsa Mahapatra, Environmental Investigation Agency #EIA#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/pG9iV6YQ5M

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[1/2] “There are still many barriers though remaining on how to enforce it and spread it into the country. That’s a big challenge here. The solution is educating people. Why is #ammonia the best choice and time tested refrigerant" - Guy Evon Cloutier #IIAR#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/BFQ66ABlnz

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[2/2] "Ammonia actually is the solution people are looking for. #Ammonia and CO2 are actually the only two viable solutions. They are time tested, and supported by the industry”  - Guy Evon Cloutier, #IIAR#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/qbCKsgj1xc

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"We see that first, adopting #NatRefs is the low-hanging fruit for #climatechange goals. The implementation of #Kigali is going to be key to realising this potential” - Alvaro de Oña, #shecco#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/grSVhXUfHn

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#ATMOChina's first session #Technology Leadership Round Table has started. We have industry leading companies #Danfoss, #DORIN, #Carrier, #Embraco, #Nidec, #Castel, #HuayiCompressorBarcelona, #Epta and #SchneiderElectric on the stage. #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/AiFGCuY303

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"#China has an opportunity to jump straight from #HCFCs to natural refrigerants” – Mauro de Barba, #Eliwell by #SchneiderElectric#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/G9zGV6CnEO

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"#China is in the very first stage of a market transformation: awareness and openness to try new ideas. So this is a time for the leading players to provide the solutions and take the lead and in the end increase #business" Ricardo Maciel, #Nidec #Secop #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/cz4u0yhDB7

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"#China is big and growing but now it is showing a real effort to modernise its economy - and being more environmentally responsible is part of this" André Paz Rosa, #Embraco #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/tTcnZY2sop

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"In my opinion by #2030 we have to turn the whole industry towards #NatRef systems definitely - Giacomo Pisano, #Dorin #ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/RlMlDq0dEV

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"We have tripled our sales in the last year for #CO2 products [compared with 2016 sales]" - Yaqing Zhang, #Castel #China and #APAC#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/Fd4M2O95El

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Welcome to #ATMOChina 2018! Alvaro de Oña, Jan Dusek and Lydia Matthäus of @shecco welcomed over 200 #HVACR thought leaders to the first ever ATMOsphere #China. The conference officially starts now! #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/fnFiVizwZn

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“We have over 200 delegates registered so we are looking forward to having a great discussion on how to push this market forward towards #NatRefs” - Jan Dusek, Business Development Manager @shecco APAC #GoNatRefs #ATMOChina pic.twitter.com/7kglTTjRPo

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"The pressure on #HFCs is going to be increasing in the next few years. By 2040, we're going to see a reduction of 85%" - Alvaro de Oña, @shecco#ATMOChina #GoNatRefs pic.twitter.com/QwCxy4AiND

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"Hydrocarbons are growing in competition w/ plug-in units. There are around 2 million units of HC plug-in systems around the globe of w/ ~4,000 units in Chinese supermarkets. Depending on what happens w/ the standards, we could see more in the coming years" Alvaro de Oña, @shecco pic.twitter.com/13lxTSqBWS

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