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British energy company BP PLC says it will lay off workers at its BP Solar plant in Frederick in November.

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BP Solar to close iconic solar-powered building, refocus solar efforts

In 1981, Solarex built what was then the world’s largest photovoltaic array as part of its 120,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Frederick, Md.

The triangular building’s roof faces south, where passersby on I-70 have a great view of it.

This reporter remembers when it was being built. But it will soon be empty.

Solarex was bought by British Petroleum, now known as BP Plc (NYSE: BP).

It had served as a manufacturing facility, but BP stopped producing photovoltaics there over a year ago, according to BP Solar spokesperson Pete Resler. Since then it has served as offices and as a research and development facility for BP Solar, and now the company has decided to close it down and sell it as it refocuses its efforts in the solar market.

At present, 80 people work in the building.

It used to have up to 500 employees, according to The Frederick News-Post. When BP Solar moved its solar manufacturing facil