BP Solar Closes Thin Film Operations [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Lane, Energy Conservation Services]

it is time to remember that MOBIL AND CHEVRON/EXXON are running both energy
policy and not developing renewable .  Joel  Davidson for governor of
CALIFORNIA OR EL PRESIDENTE   gator tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Davidson" <joeldavidson at earthlink.net>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: BP Solar Closes Thin Film Operations [RE-wrenches]


> Rant! Shell lays off PV workers. BP shuts down PV thin film production.
These
> are difficult economic time, folks. But oil profits are up and we are
sending
> teenagers to the Middle East. Think about it next time you fill up your
pickup
> truck and drive to a PV installation.
> Joel Davidson
> "Curiouser and curiouser." from Alice Through the Looking Glass
>
> Bill Brooks wrote:
>
> > Wrenches,
> >
> > For those of you that may not have heard, BP Solar announced today that
all
> > thin film manufacturing operations are shut down. This includes both the
> > Millennia product line in Virginia and the CdTe Apollo line in
California.
> >
> > This does not bode well for the near future of thin films. Hopefully
> > progress can continue to make these technologies more viable in the
future.
> >
> > Bill.
> >
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