Qvantum has developed a propane heat pump for use in apartments connected to low-temperature district heating systems. “Heat pumps have been available for many years, but as a technology reserved for ...

ELECTRICITY CAN be made from the sun, the wind or the atom rather than by burning fossil fuels. Cars, buses and perhaps even lorries can be powered by batteries rather than petrol or diesel. But other ...

Last month, city officials unveiled the first electric car-charging station in Duluth. On Tuesday, Como Oil unveiled Duluth's first gas pump dedicated to propane-powered vehicles. The new propane pump ...

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely. The reviews of the new report from the UK's Committee on Climate Change have been mixed; I complained about its reliance on ...

A Virginia retrofit pairs propane and electric to eliminate resistance heat, cut energy costs, and deliver consistent comfort ...

That’s one goal of Michael Garrabrant, founder and CEO of Stone Mountain Technologies Inc. (SMTI), which has been building ...

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute ISE, together with a consortium of heat pump manufacturers and housing industry experts, have revealed plans to develop heat pumps for residential homes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting from Europe, Jeff McMahon covers the environment. Analysts were studying the carbon benefits of switching homes to ...

Heat pumps are a key technology in the heat transition, but many of the devices still use environmentally harmful refrigerants. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has now developed ...