BP Solar

If you're sitting at a table playing cards and in walks a true high-roller who then proceeds to sit down, toss in an ante chip, and say “deal me in,” you become profoundly aware of the fact that the stakes just went up. Way up.

That's what it's like when a huge energy company like BP enters a market. When BP Solar came into being thirty years ago, canny investors and industry moguls alike knew that a high roller had just come in and sat down at the solar card table.

From their initial entry three decades ago into the field of solar energy, BP has advanced to become one of the industry leaders. Their venture into solar has led to them operating nine major manufacturing plants that produce goods for the solar market. BP solar panels capture the energy from the sun, while BP Solar Home Solutions continues to partner with firms like Home Depot to bring solar innovations to the market place.

For a company that is so well known for its stake in the petroleum sector, BP has worked hard to make themselves into a major player in the field of renewable energy. The products that they manufacture and offer help to make solar power available and more affordable for home-use, for commercial use, and for application in industrial environments. Their commitment appears to be forward thinking and far reaching. The BP solar calculator on their web site will estimate the amount of money you'll save by installing a solar power system. Taking into account the area you reside in, the calculator even tries to show you how much less pollution you'll generate by going

BP Solar is also working to stay on the cutting edge by showing that even an old idea can be made new. While other firms keep rolling out new technologies that take advantage of everything from holograms for concentrating light to organic film, BP Solar has developed a new solar module that uses an innovative approach in the silicon manufacturing process that promises to boost power production over six percent without raising costs.

Just remember all this the next time you're thumbing through your BP Solar GCR User Manual or you're watching a program about solar energy on the science channel on TV.

Even the big players in the petroleum business have begun to sit down at the table and join the solar energy game…and some of them have been playing for thirty years!