History
History:
- 1990: First attempt to obtain funding for an accelerator or light source in Spain.
- 1994: Staff is hired to prepare the conceptual design report of a 2.5 GeV light source.
- 1997: Conceptual design report is finished.
- 2002: Approval of the project by the Spanish and the Catalan Governments.
- 2003: Appointement of the General Director (Joan Bordas)
- 2003: Announcement of the positions for the heads of the 5 divisions.
- 2003: 1st user meeting at Menorca.
- 2004: 2nd user meeting in Malaga.
- 2004: Redesign of the storage ring.
- 2004: Geotechnical studies on the site.
- 2005: Site conditioning.
- 2006: Start building construction.
- 2007: First electron pulses for ALBA.
- 2008: Linac installation.
- 2008: First electron beam at the Linac exit.
- 2009: Booster and Storage ring installation.
- 2009: 80 kW in Dampy Cavity.
- 2010: First operational test of the Booster.
- 2010: Inauguration.
- March 2011: Electron beam in the Storage Ring.
- 23rd November 2011. First friendly user (external user helping in the Commissioning) at Boreas beamline
- 17th January 2012. First call for proposal deadline for official experiments.
- 8th May 2012. First official user at BOREAS beamline.
- 27th June 2012. First official user at MSPD beamline.
- 10th July 2012. First official user at NCD beamline.
- 28th July 2012. First official user at XALOC beamline.
- 17th October 2012. First official user at CIRCE beamline.
- Mid December 2012. First publication is reported to User Office with data taken at ALBA MSPD Beamline: Structural Phase Transitions on AgCuS Stromeyerite Mineral under Compression. D. Santamaria-Perez, A. Morales-Garcia, D. Martinez-Garcia, B. Garcia-Domene, C. Múhle, and M.Jansen. Inorganic Chemistry 52, 355-361 (2013).
- 12th February 2013. First official user at MISTRAL beamline.
- 1st March 2013. First official user at CLAESS beamline.