BP SOLAR TO SPAIN

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BP builds solar cell plant in Spain
March 22, 2007 (UPI)

WHO
Oil giant British Petroleum (BP)

WHAT
BP will build a mega cell plant for photovoltaic solar cells to boost its annual cell capacity to 300 megawatts from 55 megawatts. It will be the biggest solar cell plant in Europe.

WHEN
The first line of the plant is expected to be fully operational by summer, and construction has already begun on lines two and three.

WHERE
Madrid, Spain

WHY
Lee Edwards, BP Solar's chief executive officer: "The new cell technologies we are using, our intellectual property in casting with Mono2 [a new silicon growth process that significantly increases solar cell efficiency] and the contracts we have signed to secure preferential access to metallurgical grade silicon are all important steps towards our goal of offering customers PV-generated electricity on a par with the cost of conventional grid-supplied electricity."

QUOTES
"The announcement of the two mega cell plants (worldwide) cements BP Solar's commitment to maintain a market leadership position in PV" said Lee Edwards, BP Solar's chief executive officer.