by Marina MALYGIÍA, journalist The International Committee on Global Energy Awards named two winners at a solemn meeting held in Moscow at the ITAR-TASS press center on April 18, 2013: Academician Vladimir Fortov (Russia), Director of the Joint Institute of High Temperatures (RAS), who made noticeable contribution to studies of thermophysical properties of plasma and development of powerful pulse energy devices, and Akira Yoshino (Japan), Dr. Sc. (Tech.), General Manager of Yoshino Laboratory, who developed innovative lithium-ion cells for information and communication devices, electrical and hybrid transport facilities. The Global Energy is the first personal award in the world fundamental and applied science granted for outstanding discoveries and studies in power engineering. The idea of moral and material incentives of talented national and foreign scientists, researchers and specialists in this sphere was suggested by Zhores Alferov in 2001 at a meeting with the RF President soon after receiving the Nobel Prize. Later, in November of 2002, at a summit of the leaders of Russia and the European Union Vladimir Putin made a public announcement about institution of "a Russian Nobel in power engineering" (an unofficial name of the Global Energy award). Its first winners in 2003 were American Professor of the Illinois University Nick Holonyak for a fundamental contribution to the creation of silicon power electronics and invention of semiconductor LDs in a visible spectrum and also Russian academician and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Mesyats and Ian Smith from the USA for a fundamental research and development of powerful pulse energy industry. Since then 29 scientists from Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Canada, Russia, the USA, Ukraine, France and Japan became winners of this prestigeous award. The financial fund of the award is formed by leading national energy companies as members of the Nonprofit Partnership. T ... Читать далее