At the beginning of December 2019, the factory acceptance tests of the SOLABS (XAS-HN) beamline first devices was completed. The components were delivered to SOLARIS on December 9, and at the end of the month, during shutdown, SOLARIS team installed them in the storage ring.

On December 6, 2019, the first beam of photons was directed into to the beamline with the working name of XMCD.

During the last International Beam Instrumentation Conference, which took place in Malmo (Sweden), the SOLARIS Centre won a competition for the organisation of this prestigious event in 2022.

On August 23, 2019, the annual summer shutdown came to an end. During this period, the necessary service and maintenance works improving the functioning of accelerators are carried out. The most important tasks this year were transporting the undulator to the synchrotron tunnel and installation of the second diagnostic line.

A rapid access to SOLARIS beamlines is already available.