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Tim Cook goes for a ride in Rivian electric pickup at Sun Valley ‘summer camp for billionaires’

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As reported earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook is attending the Sun Valley Conference this week in Idaho , often referred to as a “summer camp for billionaires.”

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Tesla Tequila limited edition bottle, glass set sold out lightning fast

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The Tesla Tequila limited edition set references the inside joke at least twice. Tesla does not offer refunds for Tesla Tequila purchases. Ever since Musk’s tweet, 420 has become an inside joke among people in the Tesla community — although many people might know of it by now. First, there’s the price.

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INL, UCSD researchers find slow, low-energy charging of Li batteries creates glassy lithium; high-performance Li-metal batteries

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Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior.

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WiTricity collaborating with Nissan on wireless charging for EVs

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In December 2016, bench testing for the J2954 taskforce at Idaho National Laboratory demonstrated interoperability between the so-called Double D (DD) and Circular Topologies between 3.7 WiTricity’s DRIVE series of EV reference designs include 3.7 kW with efficiencies exceeding 85-90% under aligned conditions. Earlier post.).

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US DOE Offers $102M Conditional Commitment for Loan Guarantee to US Geothermal; Supercritical Binary Geothermal Cycle Technology

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The technology, referred to as a , is estimated to be more efficient than traditional geothermal binary systems, allowing lower-temperature geothermal resources to be used for power generation. One hundred percent of the project’s output will be sold to Idaho Power Company under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).

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CMI rare-earth elements separation technology licensed to Marshallton; diglycolamide extractants

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Developed by scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory in the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI), the technology provides insight into how to separate in-demand rare-earth elements cost-effectively, which could shift the industry to benefit producers in the United States.

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The Relay That Changed the Power Industry

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Its newest one, which opened in March in Moscow, Idaho, fabricates printed circuit boards. Energy packets precisely measure energy transfer, independent of frequency or phase angle, and update at a fixed rate with a common time reference such as every millisecond,” he says. He started SEL with seven workers; it now has more than 6,000.

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