The state of Idaho is requesting $5 million in stimulus funds from the Idaho Office of Energy Sources, through the US Department of Energy, to develop the LED business of Micron Technology, the state's primary LED producer.
The release of the funds, once approved, will go far in the expansion of the new energy industry in Idaho and the creation of more jobs.
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