Professor Martin Beniston of The University of Geneva, and former vice chairman of one of the working groups in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), delivered the 5th SEE Colloquium on 10th May, 2017. He is currently leading a major European project (www.acqwa.ch) to study the potential impacts of climate change on the Alps.
The work by Dr. Denis Yu and his group appears on the cover of ChemElectroChem. They reported the addition of Li stabilizes the Na0.7MnO2 structure, and thereby improves its cycling stability as cathode in Na-ion battery.
Dr. Chunhua Liu proposes a new electric magnetic-geared (EMG) machine, which artfully incorporates the magnetic gear into an outer-rotor inserted permanent-magnet machine.
Aude Pommeret and Lin Zhang
On December 13th, 2016 Hong Kong Electric (HKE) announced a reduction in the Net Tariff by 17.2% starting January 1st, 2017. In the meantime, CLP announced the frozen Average Tariff for 2017 with a rebate. The official justifications provided by HK Electric were first that in reducing its electricity price, the utility was returning to customers the refunds HKE had received from government as rents and rates had been overcharged in the past.
Hong Kong (HK), while blessed with beautiful scenic terrain, has not been as well-endowed regarding natural resources – it has modest land suitable for agriculture, no significant rivers or forests, and only a handful of mineral resources.
In January 2017 the Hong Kong Government released its Climate Action Plan 2030+, giving details of targets to reduce the carbon intensity of the economy by 65-70% by 2030.
Tunç Durmaz1 and Aude Pommeret
Eight years on since the United Nations IPCC was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its effort in combating climate change, fossil fuel remains the most dominant global energy source.
