Tedlar® Expansion for Photovoltaics Among Most
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| DuPont is a leading supplier of materials and technology to the PV industry, and expects overall sales of its products into the industry to exceed $1 billion by 2012. |
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| DuPont is investing $175 million in its Tedlar® PVF film expansion at its site in Circleville, Ohio. Tedlar® films provide long-term durability and performance for PV modules in all-weather conditions. |
No. 16 on the report’s innovative project list is DuPont’s $175 million expansion of the Tedlar® polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film plant underway in Circleville, Ohio.
Tedlar® films serve as the critical component of photovoltaic (PV) backsheets, providing long-term durability and performance for photovoltaic modules in all-weather conditions.
The film line expansion will use existing and retrofitted assets. The expansion provides Tedlar®-oriented film capacity to support global demand of more than 10 gigawatts (GW) of PV module production. The investment will deliver DuPont technology to help meet increasing needs for energy and environmental sustainability.
DuPont anticipates the PV market will grow rapidly over the next several years, and this growth will drive the demand for Tedlar® and other new materials that increase the lifetime and efficiency of solar cells and modules.
DuPont recently announced it expects to achieve $1 billion in revenue from sales into the PV market in 2010 — one year ahead of schedule.
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