31 January 2014
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DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products
collaborated with
Skyline Innovations, Inc.
to launch the company’s first solar thermal installation
using a heat transfer fluid based on
1,3-propanediol.
Dupont Tate & Lyle's propanediol offers
solar thermal equipment owners a high performing,
biobased glycol
which can improve energy efficiency and
reduce maintenance costs.
Dupont Tate & Lyle's propanediol
is certified 100 percent biobased
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
making it attractive for companies
seeking to add renewable content to their products.
A peer reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA)
demonstrates that
the production of biobased propanediol offers
significant environmental benefits
including up to 40 percent less greenhouse gas emissions
and 40 percent less non-renewable energy
used in production vs. petroleum-based glycols.
is a national leader
in the development and financing of
commercial-scale solar thermal systems.
During the past five years,
the Washington, DC-based company
has developed an advanced technology platform
that integrates real-time solar system monitoring
and customer utility billing information,
the data and analytics
from which enables the measurement and
validation of actual customer savings.
For Skyline’s glycol-based thermal systems,
this heat transfer fluid circulates
between the solar heating collectors and storage tank
and has the advantage of freeze protection in colder climates.
Largest global producer of biobased 1,3 propanediol
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