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Friday, March 7, 2014

Penn Energy's Top Power Headlines 3/7

Top Power Headlines
Transparent, color solar cells fuse energy, beauty
Colorful, see-through solar cells invented at the University of Michigan could one day be used to make stained-glass windows, decorations and even shades that turn the sun's energy into electricity. (Video)
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Spillway crack discovered at Wanapum Dam initiates drawdown
Grant PUD implements drawdown of the Columbia River as a stabilizing measure after divers discovered a 2-inch wide horizontal crack across one of the Wanapum Dam’s 65-foot spillways.
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Most Popular Power News This Week
• Geothermal plant declared safe following explosion scare
• Ghana to house Africa's largest utility scale solar plant
• Alstom reaches milestone at combined-cycle power plant
• ARPA-E projects attract over $625MM in private funding
• Argentina's first fully coal-fired plant nears completion
• UIL to acquire Philadelphia Gas Works in $1.86B deal
• GE tech extends DC transmission to offshore installations
• Smart grid for electric vehicle fleet
• Technip wins FEED contract for Peterhead CCS project
• NRG, Boeing break ground on Guam's first solar facility
• Calpine buys gas-fired Guadalupe power plant for $625MM
• Austin approves $558MM wind power purchase agreement
• EnBW plans closure of two coal power plants
• Siemens delivers world's first vegetable oil transformer in 420 kV range

PennEnergy Blogs
All Energy: The Future is Now
Right now, sitting gingerly in a faux-leather holder a few inches in front of my computer screen, is my cell phone. A glorious piece of technology, it gives me information at the push of a button. Actually, buttons are going out of style; my phone gives me information at the slide of a fingertip.
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Black Swan: Imagine no possessions - I wonder if you can?
Would any of us really want to try and live with "no possessions"? I don't think so. And yet there are social changes afoot that are heading in that general direction.
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