PORT HOPE, ON-Pro-Power and Energy Ltd. is bringing the booming green energy industry to Port Hope. The company has found a spot to open its wind turbine tower manufacturing plant in Port Hope, and is now looking for space to open a second Port Hope plant to build wind turbine blades. MORE
CORBIN, KY-Vision Motor Cars, and its sister company, Sirius Energies, plan to build an assembly plant for electric vehicles in southeastern Kentucky. MORE
FORT WAYNE, IN-A manufacturer of aftermarket automotive wheels will consolidate operations into its Huntington, IN, facilities and add 65 jobs by 2011. Transwheel Corp. plans to invest $2.2 million into a 155,000-square-foot facility in Huntington. MORE
CHATTANOOGA, TN-Volkswagen will borrow $21 million from Bank of America to build a supplier park next to its $1 billion assembly plant in Chattanooga. MORE
PORTLAND, OR-General Electric has signed a $1.4 billion deal to build wind turbines for the Shepherd’s Flat Wind Facility in Oregon. The company will assemble 338 2.5-megawatt turbines for the project at its Pensacola, FL, factory. MORE
TAIPEI-Motech Industries Inc., Taiwan’s largest solar-cell maker, will buy a solar-cell module assembly plant in Delaware from General Electric’s energy unit for $4.54 million. MORE
WASHINGTON-New orders for durable goods surged in November and new applications for jobless aid hit the lowest level in 15 months last week, pointing to a firmly entrenched economic recovery. MORE
WASHINGTON-Consumer personal spending and personal incomes both rose in November, the Commerce Department said. The 0.5 percent spending increase followed a 0.6 percent gain in October, and it was the sixth increase in seven months. MORE
CARACAS, Venezuela-President Hugo Chavez threatened today to expropriate Toyota’s local assembly plant if it did not produce an adequate number of vehicles designed for rural areas. MORE
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