SUN WORSHIPPERS Man's efforts to harness solar power using CSP can be traced as far back as the 16th century ca 1500 Leonardo da Vinci designs concentrating solar power (CSP) system for city of Florence. It is never built
1866 Auguste Mouchout invents the solar-powered steam engine, using a parabolic trough in place of a coal-fired boiler
1860s-1910s Development of CSP solutions for irrigation, refrigeration and locomotion
1913 Frank Shuman develops a 55hp solar thermal station for irrigation in Egypt
1984-1991 Luz Industries builds Solar Energy Generating Systems plants in Mojave Desert, with a total of 354MW capacity using parabolic troughs
2006-2008 Construction of PS10 and PS20 solar power towers near Seville, Europe's first commercial solar thermal stations. Construction to continue until 2013, when the whole facility will produce some 300MW of electricity
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