The lights were turned off at BP Solar when parent BP pulled the plug on its solar business in late 2011. BP Solar designed, manufactured, supplied, and installed solar cells and modules. Facing stiff competition from Chinese manufacturers of solar components, BP Solar had been winding down its operations since 2008. It closed two plants in the US and Spain in 2009. BP Solar had sales offices in a dozen countries, but its two joint ventures -- one in India with Tata Power (called Tata BP Solar) and one in China with Xinjiang SunOasis (called BP SunOasis) -- remain in business. BP Solar is selling its 32 MW solar farm for the Long Island Power Authority and its stake in the 150 MW Moree Solar Farm in Australia.

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