CSG Solar AG was founded in June 2004. The company is the result of a ten year research effort conducted in Sydney by its founders. Driven by the will to come to the market with a product that would change the shape of the energy industry, the pioneering team had started in 1995 to develop something new with the participation of leading experts in the field of silicon solar cells.

Supported by new investors and ready for the step into mass production, CSG Solar has chosen to settle in Thalheim, Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

Land Saxony-Anhalt as well as local authorities have played a critically important part in the success of this move by expediting the administrative process.

CSG Solar AG has received financial support from Land Saxony-Anhalt as well as from Germany and from the European Union (EFRE program – Europäischer Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung/European Funds for Regional Development).

Construction of the first, 9.000 sqm production plant began in March 2005 and was achieved in December of the same year. This plant is designed for a total yearly capacity of 25 MW.