Performers Find Energy to Help the Less Fortunate Adopt Solar

Published July 2009

A growing number of well-known people have installed solar-power equipment on their homes or offices. Some of them have, at the same time, helped lower-income families in California obtain solar panels through a donation program sponsored by BP Solar called Solar Neighbors. Actor Edward Norton and his brother Jim helped establish the program. According to BP Solar, its A-List includes, among others:

PHOTO CREDIT: BP SOLAR
Fabricating a solar cell at a BP Solar factory.

Tom Hanks: Actor, Angels & Demons, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan

Brad Pitt: Actor, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fight Club

Will Ferrell: Actor, Land of the Lost, Blades of Glory, Talladega Nights

Scarlett Johansson: Actress, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Black Dahlia, The Island

Jim Carrey: Actor, Yes Man, Fun With Dick and Jane, Bruce Almighty

Don Cheadle, Actor, Ocean’s Thirteen, Hotel Rwanda, Things Behind the Sun

Carlos Santana: Musician, Smooth, Maria Maria, Black Magic Woman

Alicia Silverstone: Actress, Stormbreaker, ScoobyDoo 2, Clueless

Robin Williams, Actor, Night at the Museum, Mrs. Doubtfire, Good Morning Vietnam

Ed Begley Jr.: Actor, Pineapple Express, Addams Family Reunion, Batman Forever

Naren Shankar: Producer, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Ed Norton: Actor, The Incredible Hulk, The Italian Job, Primal Fear