Illustration: Dr. Ville Kaajakari's shoe power generator. Dr. Ville Kaajakari, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is being featured by MEMS Investor Journal, a ...

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Texas' energy market is unlike those in other states in two distinct ways: It has its own electric grid and it's deregulated. Sam Becker is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in and on CNBC, ...

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