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20 October 2010 • 1 min read

Just days after clinching GE partnership, Japanese solar firm signs deal to develop cheap cells with IBM

Solar Frontier yesterday signed its second agreement within a week to develop thin-film solar cell technology with a major US blue chip. The Japanese company, a subsidiary of Showa Shell Sekiyu KK,...

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