Global Solar Energy`s CIGS Production Material Achieves 15.45 Percent Efficiency

Leading Thin Film Photovoltaic Manufacturer Also Meets Record Production Efficiency of CIGS String Product Line

Global Solar Energy, Inc., the premier manufacturer of Copper Indium Gallium
diSelenide (CIGS) thin film solar products, today announced that the U.S.
Department of Energy`s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation`s
primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and
development, confirmed 15.45 percent total area efficiency for Global Solar`s
production level CIGS material. Adding to this news, Global Solar announces a
peak efficiency of 11.7 percent for production CIGS solar cell strings
manufactured at its 35-megawatt German and 40-megawatt U.S. plants. With these
benchmarks, Global Solar continues to advance the thin film photovoltaic market
and underscores its leadership as the only manufacturer of CIGS cells on a
flexible substrate in full scale production.

"The 15.45 percent total-area conversion efficiency, independently verified by
NREL for a thin film CIGS solar cell fabricated by Global Solar Energy, is a
significant achievement for such rapid deposition on a metal foil substrate in a
manufacturing environment," says Dr. Harin S. Ullal, National Center for
Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. This research
was supported in part by the Thin Film PV Partnership Program at NREL.

Global Solar Energy has been in production of its CIGS thin film solar cells on
flexible materials for more than five years, bringing the low cost, high
efficiency and high-performance of CIGS technology to a variety of applications.
From portable solar chargers, to traditional glass modules, to next generation
building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products, Global Solar cells are the
enabling technology behind several growing market segments.

"It is great news that our company has achieved this milestone of over 15
percent total area efficiency verified by NREL. It is even better news that in a
full scale production manufacturing environment, in two separate plants, that
Global Solar is today producing CIGS strings at 11.7 percent efficiency," said
Michael Gering, CEO of Global Solar Energy. "In less than two years, Global
Solar increased production capacity from 4.2 megawatts to 75 megawatts worldwide
and continues to increase the efficiency of our highly flexible and adaptive PV
material. These achievements not only help advance the solar solutions developed
by our existing customers and partners, but also open the door of opportunity
for new usages and BIPV applications in the market."

About Global Solar Energy

Global Solar Energy is a solar industry leader that manufactures
highly-efficient thin-film solar cells for glass module or flexible material
products. Global Solar is the only Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide (CIGS)
manufacturer in full-scale production on a flexible substrate. Unlike
traditional solar panels that are rigid, heavy and fragile, Global Solar's
thin-film solar strings are lightweight, flexible and durable. Its thin film
CIGS strings are not dependent on silicon and instead use highly-available raw
materials that are easily integrated into a wide range of applications for use
in commercial, residential, utility-scale and government products. Global Solar
CIGS cells create more electricity from the same amount of sunlight than do
other thin film PV technologies and therefore has a higher "conversion
efficiency" leading to lower cost. For more information, please visit
www.globalsolar.com.

About National Renewable Energy Laboratory

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation's primary
laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development
(R&D). NREL is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by The Alliance for
Sustainable Energy, LLC.