President of the “Global Energy”, Non-profit Partnership Igor Lobovsky entered the Expert Council of All-Russian contest of the media, the press services of energy companies and regional administrations "MediaTEK." The spokesman for Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, is the head of the body. Heads of the largest federal business media, journalism departments of Russian universities, experts in the field of energy and representatives of public authorities are also in the Expert Council.
The Global Energy Prize laureate, Zhores Alferov’s research, will be introduced into production in Russia. According to TASS, mass production of solar cells based on semiconductor heterostructures will start in Novocheboksarsk in 2016.
On September, 1 the “Global Energy”, Non-Profit Partnership announces the beginning of application period for participation in the XII All-Russian contest of Youth scientific projects “The Energy of Youth”. Young Russian scientists under 35 years of age from all regions of country are eligible for the grant. The due date for application is October, 15. Each winner will receive a grant of RUB 1 mln. for the continuation of research. The total prize fund – RUB 3 mln.