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Friday, May 2, 2014

The Week's Most Read Articles on Power Engineering 5/2

The Week's Most Read Articles
Video: Floating nuclear power plants could withstand natural disasters
MIT engineers say that today’s nuclear power plants are challenged with threats from natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, and finding available real estate near a body of water that could be used for cooling.
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Natural gas combined-cycle power plant to be built in West Virginia
A 549-MW natural gas combined-cycle power plant will be built on a 37-acre site in Marshall County, W.Va. with construction planned to begin in mid-2015.
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Supreme Court overturns decision invalidating EPA’s CSAPR
The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated a decision by a federal appeals court that ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) violated the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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GE in talks to buy Alstom
General Electric (NYSE: GE) is in talks to buy Alstom and an agreement may be announced as early as next week, according to a report from Bloomberg. People with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg a potential transaction may value Alstom at about $13 billion.
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Energy Department to invest $10M in wave energy technology at Navy’s Hawaii test site
Utah's largest commercial PV installation reaches 100 day performance milestone
BNI Coal, Minnkota extend coal supply agreement
Renewable energy generation projection sensitive to multiple factors
SunEdison secures construction financing on 60 MW solar power facility
CMS Energy announces new VP, CIO
NRG, MidAmerican begin operations at 290-MW solar PV plant in Arizona
Westinghouse forms business unit to develop nuclear in Brazil
Hanford nuclear site under scrutiny over waste storage
Exelon buying Pepco Holdings for $6.83 billion
JinkoSolar to supply PV panels to EDP Renewables for California solar facility
UPDATE: GE, Siemens make offers to acquire Alstom
NRC bars former Indian Point nuclear worker for one year
Rolls-Royce in talks to sell assets to Siemens
EPA proposes approval of plan to cut emissions in New Mexico
Mars Inc., Sumitomo enter joint venture on Texas wind farm project
Scalia gets his facts wrong in EPA dissent

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