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CIS thin-film developer Solar Frontier – a wholly owned subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (TYO:5002) – has announced a partnership with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to develop CZTS (copper, zinc, tin, sulfur and selenium) thin-films for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry.
The World Geothermal Conference, or WGC2010, held from April 25 to the 30 in Bali, touted Indonesia’s huge geothermal resources and aimed at transforming that Southeast Asian nation from an emerging economy to the geothermal capital of the world.





