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Solar test facility yields 1.7‐MW power

NOV 01, 1977

DOI: 10.1063/1.3037787

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ERDA’s Solar Thermal Test Facility, at Sandia Laboratories near Albuquerque, recently produced 1.7 MW, making it the largest operational solar installation in the world, although it is still being constructed. It exceeded the 1‐MW capacity of the solar facility at Odeillo, France.

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Volume 30, Number 11

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