BP Amoco announced in April 1999 that it had purchased Enron's 50% stake in Solarex.

The move gives BP Amoco total ownership of Solarex and has resulted in the formation of the world's largest PV business through the merger of UK based BP Solar and Solarex of Maryland, USA.

BP Solarex now has capabilities to produced advanced single crystal and polycrystalline silicon, multi-junction amorphous silicon, thin-film cadmium telluride and concentrating devices, and is expected to produced around 30 MWp of PV products this year with a turnover exceeding 150 million USD. The company has manufacturing operations in USA, Spain, Australia and India, and currently employs around 1 500 staff world-wide, though some rationalization of staff is inevitable. Harry Shimp has been appointed President of BP Solarex, which will be headquartered in Maryland.

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• Sarah Howell
  BP Solarex, USA
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