Renewable Energy News Update 10/29 From Ashes to Energy: $1 Billion Alevo Battery Factory Surges On the Scene

From Ashes to Energy: $1 Billion Alevo Battery Factory Surges On the Scene by Jennifer Runyon, Chief Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | October 28, 2014 | Post Your Comment Having worked in stealth mode for the past 10 years, German researchers and serial entrepreneur Jostein Eikeland have developed a new battery chemistry that they claim is non-combustible and highly efficient. The batteries, say A... Full Article TOPNEWS SolarWorld To US Solar Developers: “We Want the Same Things” by Jennifer Runyon, Chief Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | October 27, 2014 | 10 Comments When Rhone Resch opened Solar Power International 2014 by telling the industry that it needs to fight for solar the same way that the Koch Brothers fight for coal, he probably wasn’t thinking about SolarWorld and its fight with Ch... Full Article TOPNEWS SolarCity Broadens Its Financial Reach in the Barely Tapped Residential Market by Meg Cichon, Associate Editor, RenewableEnergyWorld.com | October 24, 2014 | 6 Comments Residential solar has soared in the past several years, with installation demand expected to soon surpass 1 GW of capacity. Much of this growth is due to the introduction of solar leasing. SolarCity, a major player in the resident... Full Article TOPNEWS California’s Conservation Proposal Kneecaps Utility-scale Solar by Susan Kraemer, Correspondent | October 24, 2014 | 17 Comments Six years in the making, state and federal agencies released five options with a “Preferred Alternative” draft for the Desert Renewable Energy and Conservation Plan (DRECP), potentially kneecapping development in the best solar re... Full Article TOPNEWS Local Solar Rules Can Save You Big Bucks by Nathanael Greene, NRDC | October 24, 2014 | 3 Comments The price of an average U.S. home solar power system is about $20,000. (That’s before a 30 percent federal tax credit and any state, local and/or utility incentives.) If the price were to drop to $17,000, or even $16,000, would yo... Full Article COMMENTARY Batteries Are a Crucial Component of Our Energy Portfolio by Lisa Salley, UL Energy | October 27, 2014 | 2 Comments People take batteries for granted, typically worrying about them only when they fail in the electronic devices they carry or in the cars they drive. Full Article COMMENTARY Australia Seeks to Reduce Renewable Energy Target to ‘Real’ 20 Percent by Jason Scott, Bloomberg | October 24, 2014 | 6 Comments Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government will negotiate with the opposition to cut Australia’s renewable energy target and exempt industries such as aluminum and copper smelting. Full Article TOPNEWS