Renault Boosts Electric Car Battery Plans as French Government Ponies Up.—reliability high.
"Renault and Nissan are forming a new joint venture with French government agencies to develop, build and recycle batteries for electric cars. The state-backed French Strategic Investment Fund will contribute €125 million ($185 million) to the project, which is meant to start cranking out batteries in 2012 at a Renault plant in Flins, with production capacity targeted at 100,000 batteries per year. " See earth2tech.

Sainsbury's flicks switch on London electric car recharge network.—reliability high.
Sainsbury's opened the latest front in the supermarket green arms race with the launch of a network of free electric car recharging points at 11 stores across London. It plans to have such points at all of its stores in large cities within 10 years. See Business Green.

Companies, Industries, Markets and Supply Chains

Suzlon Completes Silver Sage Windpower Project Two Months Ahead of Schedule.—reliability high.
"Suzlon Wind Energy Corp., the North American subsidiary of Suzlon Energy Limited (SEL), announced the early completion of the Silver Sage Windpower Project, a Duke Energy wind farm in Cheyenne, Wyoming, that is comprised of 20 Suzlon S88-2.1 megawatt wind turbines." At Reuters from PRNewswire.

Total and MIT announce solar battery project.—reliability high.
"French oil company Total has signed a $4 million, five-year research deal with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop stationary batteries capable of storing solar power." See Business Green.