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Chinese double gold at WorldSkills

FRANCE: Kang Ruan of China and Sz-Yuan Chen of Chinese Taipei took the gold medals in refrigeration and air conditioning at tonight’s WorldSkills. Luke Haile of Great Britain won Bronze.

The three medal winners beat off competition from 21 other competitors from this week’s competition in Lyon to climb the winners’ rostrum at tonight’s awards ceremony at the OL Stadium, home of Olympique Lyonnais football club. 

The WorldSkills Competition, known as the skills Olympics, is the largest international skills competition held every two years in cities around the world.

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18th September 2024

Hospital to use ground-source heat pump

UK: Global resource management company Veolia is set to combine ground-source heat pumps, thermal store, solar and CHP technologies to decarbonise the heat supply at the University Hospital of Hartlepool.
18th September 2024

Blended offers energy efficient cooling additive

UK: Specialist gas and chemical products supplier Blended Products has become a distributor of Delta-T, an advanced surfactant said to increase the efficiency of water-based cooling and heating systems.
18th September 2024

MHI to open office in Lyon

FRANCE: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air Conditioning Europe (MHIAE) will open a new branch in Lyon, France, next month.
18th September 2024

Daikin extends cloud services to residential

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has announced the expansion of its cloud services to include residential air-to-air heat pumps and split units. 
18th September 2024

Airedale announces 1MW CDU

UK: Airedale by Modine is to launch a 1MW coolant distribution unit (CDU) in response to increasing demand for liquid and hybrid cooling solutions in data centres.
18th September 2024

Grant plans launch of R290 heat pump

UK: The Aerona 290 air-to-water propane heat pump range is due for release next month by Swindon-based manufacturer Grant Engineering.