Washington County Energy Plant Going With Natural Gas

Beech Hollow Energy Project Site

Robinson Power Company has revised the plans for their proposed Beech Hollow Energy Project in Washington County.  They will be burning natural gas to generate electricity as part of the revised plan for a $450 million power plant at the border of Washington and Allegheny counties.   The developers of the Beech Hollow Energy Project in Robinson Towship told township planners Monday night they want to fuel the plant with natural gas in addition to the waste coal that already has been approved.  It would be about a 50/50 split with gas coming from Marcellus Shale.  The 300-gross-megawatt plant would use 21 million to 23 million cubic feet of natural gas each day.

Marcellus Shale

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Robinson Township

Thousands Of Locals Answer Casting Call As Batman Extras

 

9,000 people flocked to the Omni William Penn Hotel over the course of four days for the chance to appear in the conclusion to Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. They came in sports jerseys, business attire, Jimmy Buffet T-shirts, panama hats, "Ghostbusters" caps and, in one case, a Steel Man costume.

Tammy Smith from Smith & Webster-Davis Casting of Los Angeles expects to hire 3,000 extras for the Pittsburgh leg of filming July 28 through Aug 21. She said having a pool of nearly 9,000 is just about right.  "You need a lot of people to choose from. Not everyone will be selected. Not everyone has the same availability. You need so much more than you're actually going to cast," she said. The ratio of men to women during the open calls ended up roughly 60-40, which is ideal considering there are more roles for men to play.

Dark Knight Rises
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