Sunslice has once again proved the effectiveness of its solar chargers, this time in Greenland. Since its creation in Louvain-la-Neuve in 2017, the startup has enjoyed a string of successes, including a recent partnership with IMAQA, a specialised provider of scientific field services in extreme environments.

“Our ambition,” the founders of Sunslice, Geoffroy Ghion and Henri Gernaey, told us, “was to create an ultra-compact and extremely powerful solar charger that is easy-to-use and could be useful to a wide range of customers, including sports enthusiasts, families, businesses and distributors. The reason we are now globally recognised is because we rely on cutting-edge technology.”

In 2024, Sunslice partnered with IMAQA and set out on an expedition to Greenland. This adventure had two objectives, they explained: “We wanted to prove how reliable and effective our technology would be at charging various electronic devices, and at keeping them charged, which is vital in this isolated region where energy is rare and invaluable. We also wanted to be involved, alongside a consortium of international researchers, in more than five experiments which aimed to improve our understanding of climate change.”

“Sunslice has proved that its technology can be a real driver of progress in some of the planet’s most inaccessible regions.”

Sunslice is the amazing story of two friends, Geoffroy Ghion and Henri Gernaey. As students, they dreamt “of creating chargers that were unbreakable, small and lightweight thanks to cutting-edge

technology.” This led to their first mini solar charger, the Photon, which is the same size as a credit card.

With support from investment fund W.IN.G. by Digital Wallonia, they began producing Photon chargers and developed other ranges of energy solutions for travellers, households and businesses.

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