June 9, 2021 | Focal Line Solar Inc.

June 9, 2021

Cerro Dominador solar thermal plant inaugurated in Chile

The concentrated solar power plant, built by a consortium formed by Abengoa and Acciona for EIG Global Energy Partners, has a capacity of 110 MW and is the first of its kind built in Latin America. Yesterday, June 8, the Cerro Dominador solar thermal plant was officially inaugurated. It has been built by a consortium …

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Margaret Hamilton popularized the term ‘software engineering’ while leading nearly 100 developers on Apollo, partly to win respect for a discipline so new it was not yet a recognised field when her team’s code helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon September 21, 2026
Margaret Hamilton was 32 and running a team of nearly 100 developers at MIT when she coined the phrase 'software engineering' — half as a joke, half as a demand for respect. Six weeks later, her team's code became the first ever to run on the Moon. The post Margaret Hamilton popularized the term ‘software […]
How did a Sahel nation facing advancing desert regrow roughly 5 million hectares of trees on farmland by changing one rule about who owns the seedlings sprouting in a farmer’s field? September 21, 2026
Over two decades, roughly 5 million hectares of Niger's degraded farmland regrew an estimated 200 million trees — not through planting, but through a change in who legally owns a sprout in a farmer's field. The post How did a Sahel nation facing advancing desert regrow roughly 5 million hectares of trees on farmland by […]
Every normally sighted human eye has a blind spot about as wide as three small coins held side by side at arm’s length, created where the optic nerve exits the retina and leaves no photoreceptors, and the brain quietly paints over the gap using whatever pattern surrounds it September 21, 2026
Every human eye has a permanent blind spot where the optic nerve exits the retina, roughly the size of a small coin at arm's length. The brain hides it by painting in whatever pattern surrounds the gap — a trick so seamless it is now being used to test theories of consciousness. The post Every […]

Aurora Solar updates services, expands to UK September 22, 2026
Residential solar design and financing company Aurora Solar has updated its services in the United States and is expanding to the United Kingdom. “In the U.S., the industry just went through one of its toughest stretches in recent history, and in the U.K. and Europe, the industry is rapidly evolving. That’s why our answer is… […]
PureSky Energy builds Illinois community solar project for low-income residents September 22, 2026
Independent power producer PureSky Energy has started commercial operations at McLean 1 Community Solar, which is the company’s first solar project in Illinois. “Launching McLean 1 as our first project in Illinois — and dedicating it entirely to income-eligible households — is an important milestone for PureSky,” said Nicholas Topping, VP of community solar at… […]
US clean energy job losses reach 37,000 in 2025 September 22, 2026
National nonpartisan business group E2 has released its annual “Clean Jobs America” report that shows the U.S. clean energy workforce lost 37,000 jobs last year. It is the first annual job loss in the U.S. clean economy since the pandemic, ending four consecutive years of strong growth. E2 reviewed U.S. Dept. of Energy data, finding… […]

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