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MOSCOW, Sept. 6, 2021, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The winners of the 2021 Global Energy Prize

[https://globalenergyprize.org/en/]were announced on 6th September in Kazan.

The laureates were: Russian scientists Zinfer Ismagilov and Suleyman

Alakhverdiev, as well as American academic Yi Cui.

Zinfer Ismagilov was the winner in the category "Conventional Energy" for his

fundamental contribution to the chemistry of carbon materials, heterogeneous

catalysis, and climate action.

Suleyman Alakhverdiev became the laureate in the "Non-conventional energy"

category for an outstanding contribution to the development of alternative

energy, scientific achievements in the design of artificial photosynthesis

systems, a cycle of scientific works in the field of bioenergy and hydrogen

energy.

Yi Cui was selected in the category "New ways of energy application" for

exceptional contributions in nanomaterials design, synthesis and

characterisation for energy and the environment, particularly for

transformational innovations in battery science.

"By choosing these three laureates, I am sure the Global Energy Prize sent out

a strong message that scientific and technological innovations in the field of

both conventional and non-conventional energy can lead us to a clean energy

future," Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rae Kwon Chung says, who is a Head of the

Global Energy Prize International Award Committee. "I would like to

congratulate the hard work of the Secretariat of the Global Energy Association

led by Sergey Brilev who successfully expanded the number of countries that

produced the nominations from around the world and garnered more than one

hundred new candidates."

The ceremony announcing the names of the laureates took place in the Kazan Town

Hall. Taking part in the gala event were the President of the Republic of

Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the Global Energy Association,

Sergey Brilev, as well as members of the International Award Committee – Marta

Bonifert from Hungary and Dmitry Bassarabov. Joining the event by video link

was Rae Kwon Chung.

On the eve of the ceremony, the laureates were determined at a closed session

of the International Committee. The Committee required six ballots to determine

the winner in some categories. The spirited competition was the result of

efforts to internationalise the Global Energy Prize undertaken by the

association over the past year and a half.

The prize will be presented in October during the Russian Energy Week forum.

The new nomination cycle will open on 1st December 2021.

SOURCE: The Global Energy Association