April 2009: GroupSat is now in China!  Since August of last year, GroupSat has set up a permanent residence within China.  Situated in Shenzhen’s Free Trade Zone, GroupSat’s first office in the Mainland China opened in late 2008.  Originated from the US with offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, Egypt and Afghanistan GroupSat is now expanding it’s technology in China and around the world.  With our factory facilities spanning over 20 thousand square meters in Nanjing and Shenzhen, we are ramping up our solar production for the future.

Over the past 5 years, GroupSat developed a proprietary process for manufacturing thin-film Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) modules. Unlike traditional solar panels that are rigid, heavy, and fragile, GroupSat thin-film solar modules are lightweight, flexible, and durable.  While other companies produce CIGS on glass, GroupSat is the only company with CIGS on flexible materials.

CIGS creates more electricity from the same amount of sunlight than other thin-film PV products. Our products have a higher "conversion efficiency."  CIGS’ conversion efficiency is also very stable over time, meaning that its performance continues unabated for many years. The performance of many other PV materials can rapidly decline with use. Customers are well aware that GroupSat CIGS do not suffer the degradation in cell efficiency associated with other thin-film PV. (See conclusions of  Weizmann Institute as published in Renewable Energy World, September 1999, "CIGS Cells are Self-Repairing, Say Researchers").

Copper Indium diSelenide (CuInSe2) has an extremely high absorption that allows 99 percent of available light to be absorbed in the first micron of the material. This makes it an optimal, effective PV material.  Our CIGS cells have reached efficiencies of more than 19 percent - much higher than other thin-film PV. CIGS also has a demonstrated ability to pass appropriate environmental certification and waste-handling requirements.

No other company comes close to matching our approach to PV manufacturing and its resultant PV products. GroupSat uses (CIGS) which is the best of the thin-film PV. Thin-film PV is an optimum energy alternative for several reasons.  For one, it is less expensive to manufacture than other solar technologies because of its’ fewer material requirements, low energy consumption, and lower capital costs.

This May in Shanghai, GroupSat will present its new, cost-effective solar products.  Alternative energy is no longer a dream.  With GroupSat, it is a reality, right now.