India, April 2 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, has extended financial assistance to Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Private Limited, Roorkee, Uttarakhand for the project titled "Commercialization of Bio-waste / Agricultural Waste Derived Hard Carbon for Sodium-Ion Batteries." The project aims to establish indigenous capabilities for the production of advanced anode materials, contributing to the development of cost-effective and sustainable energy storage technologies in the country.

The TDB-supported project focuses on the commercial-scale production of hard carbon derived from bio-waste and agricultural residues...