Solar business from Korea

DuPont has announced an additional investment of US$175 million to complete the multiphase expansion of its Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production line. The company previously announced an investment of US$120 million in capacity expansions in August 2009 for raw materials used to make the film. This brings the total investment to US$295 million. The film line expansion will be located at the DuPont Circleville, OH, facility using existing and retrofitted assets. This expansion provides the capacity to support global demand of over 10GW of PV module production. Film production is scheduled to start up in September 2011. "The photovoltaic market increasingly demands materials that enable modules to reliably deliver power for decades," said David B. Miller, president of DuPont Electronics and Communications. "This major expansion underscores our commitment to maintaining DuPont leadership in the photovoltaic industry and specifically in the backsheet materials mark...

DuPont Apollo, a subsidiary of DuPont, has opened its silicon based thin-film PV module manufacturing facility. The 538,000-square-foot facility will have an annual capacity of up to 50MW with a thin-film-on-glass photovoltaic module production line. Full-scale commercial production is targeted for the first-quarter 2010. “The facility is unique because this is the first total solar energy solution provider in China. Under the ‘Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Circle,’ we have combined our research and development capability with this state-of-the-art facility to support the continued growth of the photovoltaic market,” said Douglas W. Muzyka, president of DuPont Greater China.