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Tata Power and BP Solar established Tata BP Solar, a joint venture company, in 1989. [5] The company began commercial operations in 1991 by establishing its first manufacturing unit with a production capacity of 3 MW. [5] [6] BP Solar was closed on 21 December 2011, when BP announced its departure from the solar energy business. [7]
The company became wholly owned by BP in the mid-1980s. [4] When BP merged with Amoco in 1998 it acquired Amoco's 50% stake in Solarex. [5] In 1999 it acquired Enron's stake in Solarex and consolidated its PV divisions into a new subsidiary named BP Solarex. [6] In that year the company became the world's leading PV producer. [7] In 2001 the ...
BP's worst environmental catastrophe was the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest accidental release of oil into marine waters in history, which leaked about 4.9 million barrels (210 million US gal; 780,000 m 3) of oil, [14] causing severe environmental, human health, and economic consequences [15] and serious legal and public ...
The Mooresville-based company, formerly known as Power Home Solar, blames a defective part for its downfall. Pink Energy files for bankruptcy amid mounting complaints against the NC solar company ...
Lightsource BP, rebranded from Lightsource Renewable Energy in 2018, is the largest solar developer in Europe, and third largest in the world outside of China. [1] [2] Lightsource BP is a British company with headquarters in London, and offices in Madrid, Milan, Athens, San Francisco, Austin, Philadelphia, Mumbai, New Delhi, Cairo, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Bath, Belfast and Dublin.
The BP Building was designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum in the postmodern style and angled to be parallel to both Euclid and Superior avenues. Construction began in 1982 with the demolition of two Cleveland landmarks, the Burnham and Root Cuyahoga Building ( 1892 ) and the 16-story George B. Post Williamson Building ( 1900 ). [ 2 ]
In late May, Greenpeace activists in London scaled BP's company headquarters in St. James's Square and unfurled mock BP logo banners imprinted with oil stains reading "british polluters". [61] According to the Associated Press , as of 29 June the protests caused sales declines at some stations between 10% and 40%, but BP owns few of the 11,000 ...
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