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Alcoa to restart curtailed aluminum smelting capacity at Portland Aluminium in Australia

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Alcoa Corporation announced that the Portland Aluminium joint venture plans to restart 35,000 metric tons per year (mtpy) of curtailed capacity at its aluminum smelter in the State of Victoria in Australia. Alcoa of Australia Limited is owned by Alcoa Corporation (60%) and Alumina Limited (40%).

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ECOtality Expands to Australia

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has established a new, wholly-owned subsidiary, ECOtality Australia Pty Ltd. Much like the United States, the electric vehicle market in Australia is in its infancy. Major auto manufacturers including Renault-Nissan and Mitsubishi have announced plans to introduce electric vehicles to Australia by 2011. ECOtality, Inc.

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Ocean Power Technologies Wins A$66.5M Award from Australian Government for 19MW Wave Power Project

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million (US$61 million) grant from the Federal Government of Australia to build a 19 MW wave power project off the coast of Victoria, Australia. The Government funding will be used by OPTA and Leighton to advance the construction of a wave power station to be built in three phases off the coast of Victoria near the city of Portland.

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Preliminary survey results show 27% believe they will be using autonomous car by 2020, 49% a single mobility app

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Xerox is showcasing its “Go” apps at ITS World Congress in Melbourne, Australia. The “Go” app captures the universe of transportation options available in a city and computes the quickest, cheapest and most sustainable way to reach a destination.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Peter Szental of Szencorp, 2005 Prius by Josh Usher and the team from the University of Technology Sydney (Ray Clout, David Mullins), along with Stan Baker of Green Auto Conversions, 13 February, 2008 (Sydney, NSW, Australia), contact josh.usher@. mark.lister@. Full size photo.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. — Larry 4. — jerryd 7.

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