Hydrogen mission: Thrice as nice
February 14, 2021
All aboard: The long-awaited National Mission on Hydrogen looks imminent, given its mention in the Budget speech - ISTOCK.COM
All aboard: The long-awaited National Mission on Hydrogen looks imminent, given its mention in the Budget speech - ISTOCK.COM×
To power its economy with pocket-friendly green hydrogen, India need look no further than its farmlands
Biezel Green Energy (BGE) is not a known name, except perhaps in the vicinity of Varanasi, where the company has a production unit. But what the company is doing may be a good indicator of the shape of things to come, in the hydrogenisation of the Indian economy.
The couple raised £3458.00. Different charities are supported each year, and this year Terry kept it very local, choosing two good causes geographically close to his home. Cheques for £1,729 were presented to John Goodenough for Care in the Garden and Don Walser for the Isle of Wight Monkey Haven. There were some changes due to Covid they couldn t advertise in advance so as not to attract too big a crowd, and they had to introduce several Covid-secure measures. But they still built their display in its usual style, featuring thousands of light and traditional scenes including a nativity, reindeers, Santa and a Christmas tree.
High-Energy-Dense Na-Ion Cells Gain New Hope With Hard-Carbon Anode ++ Scientists at the Tokyo University of Science say the sodium-ion battery can achieve 1,600 Wh/kg.
Last June, we told you about how Na-ion batteries could be near with the help of macrocyclic molecules. What that experiment did not overcome was the low energy density of the sodium-ion battery. Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science may have solved this with a new hard-carbon anode that can make Na-ion batteries deliver 1,600 Wh/kg. That’s 19 percent more than Li-ion cells, which typically deliver 1,430 Wh/kg.
If you ask why this is great news, bear in mind that sodium is way more abundant and cheaper than lithium. If anyone is able to put together a working and commercially viable Na-ion cell, that could make electric cars immediately more affordable than combustion-engined vehicles.
Nigel Phillips, treasurer of Chillerton and Gatcombe Community Association, said: We are delighted. The village hall is a very important part of the community but in order to keep it accessible for all we do need to keep it in a good condition. This donation will help up to repoint the east and west walls of the hall and also install an outside tap that will help us maintain our grounds. The Way Forward Programme, which provides a day centre, community support, training, and employment for Islanders with disabilities and autism, will spend £4,125 on a new accessible kitchen. Tracey Hill, Programme Lead for The Way Forward Programme, said: We are absolutely thrilled that, once again, the Isle of Wight Foundation has provided us with much-needed funding.
The age of wisdom: why our elders were the best of us in 2020
Left to right: Angela Y Davis, Julian Barnes, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Biden, Margaret Atwood, Helen Mirren Composite: Getty Images, Shutterstock
Left to right: Angela Y Davis, Julian Barnes, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Biden, Margaret Atwood, Helen Mirren Composite: Getty Images, Shutterstock
Biden, Jagger, Mirren… as celebrity septuagenarians (and their seniors) steal the spotlight, we salute the resilience of those who have lived long enough to know good times always return
Sun 20 Dec 2020 03.45 EST
Among the many effects of the pandemic is the attention that has been given to senior citizens, who have been disproportionately affected by death and illness from Covid-19. Broadly speaking, the focus has revealed two opposing impulses: to protect and to abandon. But neither reaction necessarily involves respect for the older population.