Saatvik Green Energy has commissioned a 2 GW in-house EPE film production facility at its Ambala campus in Haryana.
Saatvik Green Energy has commissioned a 2 GW in-house EPE film production facility at its Ambala campus in Haryana, India.
EPE is a multi-layer encapsulation film that combines ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyolefin elastomer (POE) for the encapsulation of photovoltaic modules. Saatvik’s recently commissioned EPE facility, located within the existing module manufacturing complex, marks a major milestone in the company’s journey towards deeper vertical integration and supply chain self-reliance.
Encapsulation films play a crucial role in solar panels by protecting solar cells, ensuring strong interlayer adhesion, maintaining electrical insulation, and enabling long-term durability under a variety of operating conditions. By bringing EPE film production in-house, Saatvik gains direct control over material formulation, optical properties and lamination performance, ensuring consistent quality across the entire module portfolio, including high-wattage M10 and G12-based modules.
“The strategic location of the EPE line within the same manufacturing building provides significant operational benefits. Near-zero transportation time between encapsulant production and module lamination enables just-in-time material delivery, eliminates logistics delays between facilities and supports lean manufacturing practices. This integration improves shop floor productivity, improves equipment uptime and ensures a seamless production flow during the module assembly process,” said Prashant Mathur, CEO of Saatvik Green Energy.
“The in-house EPE facility also delivers meaningful cost optimization. By eliminating external transportation, freight, insurance and heavy packaging requirements associated with long-distance sourcing, Saatvik reduces overall material handling costs and waste generation. These efficiencies directly contribute to lower module production costs while strengthening the company’s sustainability commitments,” he added.
Saatvik Green Energy operates a 4.8 GW module manufacturing facility in Ambala, Haryana, and is developing a greenfield integrated factory in Odisha with 4 GW of modules and 4.8 GW of solar cell manufacturing capacity. The company also provides EPC services for large-scale, commercial and industrial solar projects.
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