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Renewable Energy Advocates Meeting In Md.

TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) -- Renewable energy advocates will be in Timonium this weekend for a solar and wind energy expo.

The event begins Friday and runs through Sunday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds.

Speakers include Chelsea Sexton, co-founder of the electric car advocacy group Plug In America. Sexton has served as director of the Automotive X Prize and was featured in a film about her work on General Motors' electric vehicle program.

Gov. Martin O'Malley will host an energy summit Friday at which strategies and trends for Maryland's energy future will be discussed.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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