Alternative Energy Daily news - March 20, 2007

• Hybrid technologies developed jointly by Peterbilt Motors Company and Eaton Corporation have been integrated into an aerodynamically styled Class-8 heavy-duty vehicle. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is supporting development of the technologies.

• "Building green," a catch-all for environmentally smart and region-specific construction, is the buzz phrase in contemporary architecture.

• How can gasoline usage be reduced?

• N.J. small businesses are providing renewable energy.

• Environment ministers from the world's leading industrial nations began discussions this past Friday on how to step up international action to combat climate change.

• AOL founder Steve Case, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla are investing in a company that could produce up to 1 billion gallons of ethanol a year in Brazil.

• Applied Materials will install solar panels that will be capable of generating 1.9 megawatts of power on the roofs of the buildings of its Sunnyvale, Calif.-based campus. That's bigger than the 1.6 megawatt facility search giant Google announced in October.