# Bidfood Horeca Service doubles cold storage with GEA ammonia refrigeration

Bidfood Horeca Service, a Belgian foodservice wholesaler, has doubled its freezer and cold storage space at its facility in Beringen, Belgium, by installing a new ammonia refrigeration system from GEA. The expansion doubled the freezer area to 4,000 m² and expanded cold storage by 1,100 m², achieving a 50% energy reduction compared to the old HFC system.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-01-18
- Where: Beringen, Belgium, Belgium
- Status: completed
- Products: ammonia refrigeration system
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Bidfood Horeca Service](https://endata.com/companies/60433.md)
- [GEA](https://endata.com/companies/3367.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [naturalrefrigerants.com](https://naturalrefrigerants.com/news/belgian-foodservice-wholesaler-saves-50-in-energy-with-gea-ammonia-refrigeration/), 2022-01-18: "We have doubled our storage space, and we still use the same amount of energy – in other words we have a 50% energy reduction compared to the older HFC system."

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