Alternative Energy News - December 27, 2006

• The new CEO of Ford met last week in Tokyo with the chairman of Toyota to talk about the development of environmentally friendly technology, like hybrid-electric and hydrogen fuel systems.
• Honda may begin to assemble hybrid vehicles at Honda’s new plant in Indiana.
• A first-of-its-kind solar-powered poultry house will soon begin operations at a Delaware farm owned by Allen Family Foods Inc., part of a research project to evaluate the use of solar power as an economical source of energy for poultry houses.