Tesla's $5 billion gigafactory to power more than just cars

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/11/21/dont-overlook-the-other-reason-for-tesla-motors-in.aspx

Solar Panels that glue on to roofs could almost eliminate installation costs

http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/11/solar-panels-that-glue-on-to-roofs.html

Batteries Could Capture Low-Grade Waste Heat

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/batteries-could-capture-low-grade-waste-heat/

Using wind power to make hydrogen for "free" during excess production

http://green.autoblog.com/2014/11/14/bibendum-2014-itm-power-make-free-hydrogen/

Solar to reachy grid parity in two years

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/coming-solar-power-boom-charts-tell-story-grid-143433439.html

Twisted-light waves transmitted in air over a 3-kilometer path

http://www.kurzweilai.net/twisted-light-waves-transmitted-in-air-over-a-3-kilometer-path?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=2547c5ecc1-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-2547c5ecc1-281903081

"The light can be theoretically twisted with an infinite number of turns, with each configuration acting as a single communication channel ... a number of experiments using twisted light over fiber-optic links, some showing that twisted-light can be used to transmit 2.5 terabits of data per second."

A battery made up of billions of nanoscale batteries

http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/billion-holes-can-make-battery

The global market for residential solar energy storage is expected to grow tenfold over the next five years

http://news.investors.com/technology/111214-726121-solarcity-vivint-solar-to-capitalize-on-battery-trend.htm

Magnesium To Replace Lithium-ion Batteries Soon

This sounds like a major game-changer:

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/business/magnesium-to-replace-lithium-ion-batteries-soon.html/?a=viewall

"up to 12 times the energy density of a lithium-ion battery and its charge-discharge efficiency is five times greater"

Fossil fuels with $550 billion subsidies hurt renewables

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/11/12/fossil-fuels-with-550-billion-subsidies-hurt-renewables/

China making a big push for solar power

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-hunger-clean-energy-leave-162034895.html

Google teaching robots martial arts

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/11/7199179/watch-googles-robot-perform-that-scene-from-the-karate-kid

The Tricky Transition From Fossil Fuel

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/science/earth/denmark-aims-for-100-percent-renewable-energy.html?_r=0

Google's advanced technology research

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article48112.html

Novel process could let consumers 3D-print metal parts for the first time

http://www.kurzweilai.net/novel-process-could-let-consumers-3d-print-metal-parts-for-the-first-time?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3183e33762-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-3183e33762-281903081

Dual-purpose film for energy storage, hydrogen catalysis: Chemists gain edge in next-gen energy

http://phys.org/news/2014-11-dual-purpose-energy-storage-hydrogen-catalysis.html

Nanomotor Lithography Used to Develop Nanoscale Machines

http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1591

"the team developed nanorobots, or nanomotors, that are chemically-powered, self-propelled and magnetically controlled"