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1982: California Town Begins Drawing Electricity from Solar-Powered Station

Hisperia, California launches the first PV megawatt-scale power station in existence. The station, developed by ARCO Solar, produces 1 megawatt of energy. [US Department of Energy, 2002 pdf file ]