BERLIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Odersun AG, a German manufacturer of thin-film solar cells and modules, has been selected out of more than 3,500 candidates by a jury of experts as one of the 100 most promising cleantech companies worldwide. The “Global Cleantech 100” is compiled by The Guardian in cooperation with Cleantech Group. For the first time a ranking list has gathered a comprehensive international collection of “companies offering technological breakthroughs that will make a large dent in the carbon problem”. The central criteria required to enter the final listing, were that the technology has a wide application and has previously attracted capital investment to fund its development. Odersun AG has already been ranked top as “Europe’s hottest Cleantech Company” in The Guardian / Library House “CleanTech 100” in September 2008.

“We are very honoured to be part of such an exclusive selection of companies having carbon reduction at heart. “, says Dr. Hein van der Zeeuw, Chief Executive Officer at Odersun, “The integration capability of our modules, makes solar energy generation suitable for more and manifold applications worldwide such as solar integrated roofs and facades”.

Odersun AG manufactures CIS (Copper Indium diSulphide) solar cells based on copper tape processed with a proprietary thin-film reel-to-reel production technology. The flexible solar reels can be assembled into modules of various sizes using a range of materials to package the cells. Due to this outstanding flexibility, the jury concluded, that Odersun modules’ “unique ability to be integrated en masse into the fabric of the building is a huge asset”.

About Odersun AG (www.odersun.com)

Odersun AG designs and manufactures flexible, silicon free, solar products using a proprietary, worldwide patented, thin-film technology. Its manufacturing process enables the company to produce solar cells that can be assembled into solar modules of virtually any size or any power, in flexible or glass packaging. This adaptability is decisive for applications of building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV).

The company is backed by an international group of leading investors including Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures (UK), Virgin Green Fund (US/UK), Advanced Technology & Materials (China), PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund (US), AGF Private Equity (a member of Allianz Group, France) and Valor KG (Austria).