The History of Parabolic Trough Power Plants.
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1907 | Patenting of parabolic trough technology in Stuttgart |
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1912 | Frank Shuman builds the first 55 KW plant in Egypt |
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1980s | The first power plants in California are connected to the grid |
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2006 | Start of construction of Andasol 1, the first European parabolic trough power plant |
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2008 | Egypt: the first commercial parabolic trough plant is being constructed |
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2009 | Andasol 1 connected to the grid |
