In May 2016, the first light from the variably polarizing undulator (APPLE II type) installed on the UARPES beamline has been observed at the sample position, in the experimental chamber.

On 21 September 2015, the opening ceremony of the SOLARIS National Synchrotron Radiation Center took place in the experimental hall of the Kraków synchrotron.

In February 2016, components of the third beamline were delivered to the SOLARIS synchrotron. The beamline previously operated at the MaxLab research centre in Lund (Sweden). It was dismantled and transported to Kraków by SOLARIS team members and representatives of several other Polish research centres.

In December 2015, the SOLARIS Centre team finished the installation of the PEEM/XAS beamline second end-station.

In July 2015 PEEM-end station was delivered to SOLARIS. It will allow the team to complete the installation of the first beamline of the synchrotron. A photoemission electron microscope will make it possible to conduct research in many fields of study, from physics, chemistry, catalytics to material engineering, and even archaeology.