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Global Energy Prizewinners Named
The names of this year's winners of the Global Energy Prize for scientific discoveries will be announced today. More than $1 million for thermal physics and hydrogen energy research will be shared by Russian Vladimir Nakoryakov (a member of the Siberian division of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Englishman Geoff Hewitt and Icelander Thornstein Sigfusson. Nakoryakov and Hewitt will share $600,000 for technological developments in thermal physics. An equal amount will go to Sigfusson for research into practical applications of hydrogen energy in Iceland.
“In Iceland,” Andrey Ivanov of the Moscow State University thermal physics department told Kommersant, “they converted to hydrogen power long ago. There are many geysers in Iceland, as is well known, and they give off hydrogen that can then be used in car engines. It is a very beneficial discovery from both the economic and ecological points of view.”
The Global Energy Prize has been given since 2002. It is sponsored by Gazprom, Surgutneftegaz and RAO UES of Russia. YUKOS was also a sponsor until two years ago. About 500 scholars of various nationality make up the prize jury. The initial prize was $1 million. That amount was increased by $100,000 last year, and by that mush again this year. Under prize rules, no more than three people can share the prize. Fourteen prize winners have been names in five years. In addition, the jury can give special prizes to two works. The prize will be awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June at Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg.
Last year, Nobel Prize winner and chairman of the Global Energy Prize committee Zhores Alferov awarded himself the prize for being a founder and official of the prize. He was removed from his post.
http://www.kommersant.com/pda/doc.asp?id=759838
Global Energy Prizewinners Named
The names of this year's winners of the Global Energy Prize for scientific discoveries will be announced today. More than $1 million for thermal physics and hydrogen energy research will be shared by Russian Vladimir Nakoryakov (a member of the Siberian division of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Englishman Geoff Hewitt and Icelander Thornstein Sigfusson. Nakoryakov and Hewitt will share $600,000 for technological developments in thermal physics. An equal amount will go to Sigfusson for research into practical applications of hydrogen energy in Iceland.
“In Iceland,” Andrey Ivanov of the Moscow State University thermal physics department told Kommersant, “they converted to hydrogen power long ago. There are many geysers in Iceland, as is well known, and they give off hydrogen that can then be used in car engines. It is a very beneficial discovery from both the economic and ecological points of view.”
The Global Energy Prize has been given since 2002. It is sponsored by Gazprom, Surgutneftegaz and RAO UES of Russia. YUKOS was also a sponsor until two years ago. About 500 scholars of various nationality make up the prize jury. The initial prize was $1 million. That amount was increased by $100,000 last year, and by that mush again this year. Under prize rules, no more than three people can share the prize. Fourteen prize winners have been names in five years. In addition, the jury can give special prizes to two works. The prize will be awarded by Russian President Vladimir Putin in June at Konstantinovsky Palace in St. Petersburg.
Last year, Nobel Prize winner and chairman of the Global Energy Prize committee Zhores Alferov awarded himself the prize for being a founder and official of the prize. He was removed from his post.
http://www.kommersant.com/pda/doc.asp?id=759838
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