Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Presentation of Global Energy Award in Kazan showed that Russia has technological solutions for clean energy generation. At the annual ceremony of announcing the winners of the Global Energy 2021 Award in the Kazan City Hall, the discussion on the consequences of carbon regulation in the country, which began at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2021) and continued at the Tatarstan Petrochemical Forum, continued. At the suggestion of the president of Global Energy Association and TV journalist Sergey Brilev, the participants of the conversation focused on the technological aspect of “decarbonisation”. Are renewable energy sources going to replace hydrocarbons? Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov spoke in favour of a balance between “green” and traditional generation, and Dmitry Bessarabov, a member of the international prize committee from South Africa, sees a prospect in “yellow” hydrogen produced by nuclear energy. “Green' hydrogen is very expensive," the head of Tatneftekhiminvest Holding, Rafinat Yarullin, explained to Realnoe Vremya the change of colour choice.

Sergey Brilev, the president of the Global Energy Association and TV journalist, came to Kazan to conduct the ceremony, along with Marta Bonifert, the vice-president of the Institute of Directors of Hungary, and Dmitry Bessarabov from South Africa, experts of the International Committee. The guests were met by President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. Brilev himself acted not just as a moderator of the meeting, but also as a director-producer of a TV movie about the leaders of “green” energy. According to Brilev, the television version of the ceremony will be broadcast on the resources of the UN Information Centre in Moscow and on the global media platforms of the UN, a 10-minute story about Tatarstan will be part of this film. Winners are two Russians and one American with Chinese roots

The Global Energy Prize is awarded in three categories — traditional energy, non-traditional (or alternative) one, and “new ways of energy generation”. Unlike in previous years, when foreign scientists became winners, this time two Russian scientists, as well as an American with Chinese roots, have been awarded the award.

In the first category, the winner is academician, director of the Institute of Coal Chemistry and Chemical Materials Science of the Federal Research Centre for Coal and Coal Chemistry of the SB RAS Zinfer Ismagilov (Russia), in the second — head of the laboratory of controlled photosynthesis of the Institute of Plant Physiology named after K.A. Timiryazev Allakhverdiev Suleyman Ifkhan oglu (Russia). American Yi Cui, the director of the Precourt Institute for Energy of Stanford University, has been recognised as the winner in the final nomination.

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