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This new Texas power company’s electricity comes with a home battery

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Image: Base Power Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required. The upfront cost is a one-time fee of $2,000 to cover installation, and Base offers fixed monthly pricing for electricity.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teases nine-engine Starship, Raptor upgrades

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In his latest round of SpaceX-related tweets, CEO Elon Musk says that the company has plans to boost Raptor’s performance by at least 15% and the number of those engines installed on Starship by 50%. So possibly 9 engines for some Starships? It’s one possibility — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2021.

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DOE to provide up to half the cost of NuScale small modular reactor project

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This project represents a significant investment in first-of-a-kind engineering and design certification for small modular reactors in the United States. The project will be based in Oregon and will support additional suppliers and operations in California, Idaho, Washington, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, Texas and Maryland.

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Elon Musk’s $50K TX house is a humble prefab home that can be towed by a Model X

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has mentioned that he now lives in a ~$50K house at Starbase, Texas, where his private space company, SpaceX, is manufacturing its Starships. A 20×20 unit such as the one that Elon Musk owns is priced at only $50,000, less than the cost of a Model Y Long Range Dual Motor AWD. What do you think?

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Ford Selects Nat G as newest Qualified Vehicle Modifier; factory-qualified natural gas upgrades in Texas

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Nat G works with customers and dealers to find the best vehicle configuration to achieve their goals of increased function and lower cost of ownership. Nat G is a manufacturer-certified installer for natural gas engine systems from Altech Eco and also for Landi Renzo, the world’s leading manufacturer of natural gas vehicle systems.

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SpaceX rolls upgraded Super Heavy booster to the launch pad

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SpaceX has begun transporting an upgraded Super Heavy booster to its South Texas launch facilities, where the rocket will likely be tested with a rarely used stand known as the ‘can crusher’ On Wednesday, March 30th, SpaceX scheduled a temporary road closure – indicative of transport operations – on March 31st.

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A New Fund Helps IEEE HKN Student Chapters Flourish

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Grants help UC-Berkeley, the University of Texas, and others The grant program funds activities designed to support and strengthen chapters. Officers at the Mu Iota Chapter at Seattle University used the grant to help pay for an electrical and computer engineering mentoring event it held. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

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