page_title: Félix Trombe
section_title: Mont-Louis Solar Furnace
hierarchical_section_title: Félix Trombe / Mont-Louis Solar Furnace
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Centre du Four Solaire Félix Trombe, Odeillo, Frankreich. English: Centre du Four solaire Félix Trombe, Odeillo, France.
context_page_description: Felix Trombe was a French engineer.
  He is best known for his pioneering work in passive solar building design with the Trombe wall, which bears his name.
context_section_description: In 1949 Trombe directed the construction of the experimental 50 kW Mont-Louis Solar Furnace in the Pyrénées-Orientales for high temperature experiments in physics and chemistry. In 1962, a 1000 kW solar furnace was built in Odeillo.
caption: The great 1 MW solar furnace at Odeillo
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