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Michael Graetzel Spoke About Sim- Conference 15 years – energy of the future, created by knowledge ANNUAL REPORT ANNUAL REPORT Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. The Association The Global Energy Prize The Association’s programs Sustainable development Annexes Highlights 4 History of the Association 28 About the Prize 40 About the programs 60 Governance system 70 Annex 1. About the report 104 Key events 12 Members of the Association 30 The Global Energy Prize The Energy of Start Internal control and audit 79 International Award Committee 41 Program 61 Annex 2. Organizational structure 31 Implementation of IT solutions 80 Global coverage 20 GRI content index 105 Nomination process 43 The Energy of Youth Mission and values 33 Contest 62 HR policy 82 Greetings from the president Annex 3. Nomination cycle 44 Financial statements 2017 108 of the Association 24 Strategic development priorities 34 The Energy of Breakthrough Changes related work 83 Nominating persons 46 Contest 63 Annex 4. Financial results 2017 36 Relations with stakeholders 84 Glossary 114 Independent international The Energy of Thought Work with the Prize laureates experts pool 46 Symposium 64 Annex 5. and programs’ winners 85 Contact information 115 National Prize support The Energy of Knowledge committees 47 Program 64 Annex 6. Feedback form 116 Nomination cycle results 2017 48 The Energy of Education Program 65 The Prize laureates 50 The Energy of Inspiration The Prize development 56 Program 66 Position in the sector 57 The Energy of Words Contest 67 Highlights ANNUAL REPORT Key performance indicators for 15 years Geography of nominees of the nomination process for 15 years The Global Energy Prize THE CITIZENS OF 90 COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY PRIZE FOR THE 15 YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE Number of nominees* per cycle 25 72 98 98 67 98 101 168 173 216 194 181 198 171 186 736 250 200 NUMBER 150 OF NOMINEES * 100 50 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Afghanistan China Hungary Liechtenstein Norway South Africa Albania Colombia Iceland Lithuania UAE South Korea Algeria Croatia India Luxembourg Pakistan Spain Argentina Cyprus Indonesia Malaysia Peru Sudan INTERNATIONAL THE INTERNATIONAL Armenia Czech Republic Ireland Mali Poland Sweden 35 Australia Denmark Israel Malta Portugal Switzerland EXPERTS: AWARD COMMITTEE: LAUREATES FROM Austria Egypt Italy Mexico Qatar Taiwan 85 FROM 20 FROM Azerbaijan Estonia Japan Moldova Romania Tanzania 11 COUNTRIES 18 COUNTRIES 13 COUNTRIES Bangladesh Finland Jordania Mongolia Russia Thailand (2003–2017) Belarus France Kazakhstan Montenegro Saudi Arabia Turkey Belgium Georgia Kenya Morocco Serbia Turkmenistan Brazil Germany Kuwait Nepal Singapore Ukraine Bulgaria Greece Latvia Netherlands Slovakia United Kingdom Canada Hawaii Liberia New Zealand Slovenia USA Chile Hong Kong Libya Nicaragua Somalia Uzbekistan 4 5 Highlights ANNUAL REPORT Indicators of the Global Energy Association programs All-Russian contest the Energy of Youth COVERAGE: 2004–2017 67 903 178 REGIONS OF APPLICATIONS WINNERS THE RUSSIAN IN TOTAL FEDERATION Structure of participant organizations from 2004 to 2017 IN 2017, 56 APPLICATIONS FROM Regions of the Russian Federation 96 23 REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA- TION WERE SUBMITTED – MORE THAN Altai Territory Leningrad Region Rostov Region Amur Region Mari El Republic Ryazan Region 50% APPLICATIONS WERE ADMITTED 41 Arkhangelsk Region Moscow Sakhalin Region 25 TO THE EXPERT EXAMINATION, WHICH Astrakhan Region Moscow Region Samara Region PROVES THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE Belgorod Region Murmansk Region Saratov Region Chechen Republic Nizhny Novgorod Region Smolensk Region HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH BUSINESS/NON-PROFIT QUALITY OF THE APPLICATIONS Chelyabinsk Region Novosibirsk Region St. Petersburg INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTES OGANIZATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE CONTEST. Chuvash Republic Omsk Region Stavropol Region Irkutsk Region Orel Region Sverdlovsk Region The most popular areas of the contest: Ivanovo Region Orenburg Region Tambov Region Jewish Autonomous Region Penza Region Tomsk Region ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY THE MOST POPULAR LINES OF THE CON- Kaliningrad Region Perm Territory Tver Region Kaluga Region Primorye Territory Tyumen Region TEST IN 2017: “EXPLORATION, EXTRAC- EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION, TRANSPORTATION, Kamchatka Territory Pskov Region Tyva Republic AND PROCESSING OF FUEL AND ENERGY RESOURCES TION, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROCESS- Karachay-Cherkess Republic Republic of Bashkortostan Udmurt Republic ING OF FUEL AND ENERGY RESOURCES”, Kemerovo Region Republic of Buryatia Ulyanovsk Region RENEWABLE ENERGY Khabarovsk Territory Republic of Dagestan Vladimir Region “EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY”, “ELECTRIC Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra Republic of Karelia Volgograd Region HEAT POWER INDUSTRY POWER INDUSTRY”, AND “HEAT POWER Kirov Region Republic of Khakassia Vologda Region INDUSTRY”. Komi Republic Republic of Mordovia Voronezh Region EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY Krasnodar Territory Republic of North Ossetia – Alania Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District Krasnoyarsk Territory Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Kursk Region Republic of Tatarstan 6 7 Highlights ANNUAL REPORT All-Russian contest the Energy of Breakthrough COVERAGE: 2014–2017 31 87 3 REGIONS OF APPLICATIONS WINNERS THE RUSSIAN IN TOTAL FEDERATION Structure of participant organizations from 2004 to 2017 IN 2017, 45 APPLICATIONS WERE 41 SUBMITTED TO THE CONTEST, WHICH IS 51.7% OF THE TOTAL OF THE APPLICA- 26 TIONS RECEIVED FROM 2014 TO 2017. 9 THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS FROM INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES MORE THAN Regions of the Russian Federation BUSINESS/ HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTES DOUBLED, WHICH IS A CORRECT VECTOR Astrakhan Region Penza Region OGANIZATIONS IN THE SYNERGY OF THE SCIENTIFIC Belgorod Region Republic of Bashkortostan AND ENGINEERING POTENTIAL AND THE Bryansk Region Republic of Khakassia Chelyabinsk Region Republic of Tatarstan The most popular areas of the contest: INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG Irkutsk Region Samara Region ENERGY SPECIALISTS OF RUSSIA Ivanovo Region Saratov Region EXPLORATION, EXTRACTION, TRANSPORTATION, Karachay-Cherkess Republic St. Petersburg AND PROCESSING OF FUEL AND ENERGY RESOURCES Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra Sverdlovsk Region Komi Republic Tambov Region EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY Krasnodar Territory Tomsk Region Krasnoyarsk Territory Tyumen Region ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY Kursk Region Ulyanovsk Region Leningrad Region Volgograd Region Mari El Republic Voronezh Region Moscow Moscow Region Novosibirsk Region 8 9 Highlights ANNUAL REPORT The Energy of Start Program COVERAGE: 2015–2017 20 487 190 REGIONS OF APPLICATIONS DEVICES THE RUSSIAN IN TOTAL FEDERATION 2017 157 79 25 Regions of the Russian Federation NUMBER OF DEVICES WINNERS PARTICIPANTS Altai Territory Orenburg Region Belgorod Region Republic of Tatarstan Chelyabinsk Region Republic of Yakutia (Sakha) Nominations: Irkutsk Region Rostov Region Ivanovo Region Samara Region Kemerovo Region Stavropol Territory ENGINEERING DEVICE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT APPLICATION Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra Sverdlovsk Region OF MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Krasnoyarsk Territory Tomsk Region Krasnoyarsk Territory Voronezh Region ENGINEERING DEVICE BASED ON MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Moscow Region Novosibirsk Region 10 11 Key events ANNUAL REPORT Key events II quarter of 2017 I quarter of 2017 9 February 18 February 29 March THE ENERGY OF KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS OF THE TOP-10 IN WORLD ENERGY: THE GLOBAL AT THE ACADEMY OF SINICA (TAIWAN) GLOBAL ENERGY ASSOCIATION AWARDED ENERGY ASSOCIATION HAS PRESENTED THE WITH THE SILVER ARCHER AWARD SHORTLIST OF APPLICANTS FOR THE INTER- Shuji Nakamura delivered a lecture at the Acad- NATIONAL AWARD emy of Sinica, Taiwan’s leading national research The Global Energy Association became a laureate institution. His speech was devoted to the inven- of the National Award in the field of development It included representatives of Australia, the United tion of a bright blue LED and the future of LED of public relations “Silver Archer”. The project Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Russia, the United lighting in general. “Scientists – the new superheroes of the XXI cen- States and Switzerland. tury in Russia and all over the world”, aimed at 6 April 19 April 30 May promoting the prize and its laureates through the popularization of the image of the scientist, was recognised as the best in the field of international THE GLOBAL ENERGY PRIZE – 2017: MOBILE SOLAR POWER STATION BY THE HANDS PRESS CONFERENCE “INNOVATIONS IN THE communications. THE PRIZE FOR EFFECTIVE PHOTOCELLS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN: THE WINNERS OF THE FIELD OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY ENERGY OF START PROGRAM CONSERVATION IN RUSSIA” WAS HELD The name of the Global Energy Prize laureate was announced in Moscow, at the official press The winners of the II All-Russian program for 2017 laureate Michael Graetzel spoke about sim- conference. In 2017, a highly acclaimed scien- schoolchildren, the Energy of Start in 2017 were ple and practical solutions for power generation tist from Switzerland, Michael Graetzel, was students from Novosibirsk. They designed a solar using solar panels. The winners of the Energy of honoured for his outstanding achievements in mobile power plant “SolarBox12V”, which pro- Youth Contest presented their technologies, which the development of economic and efficient pho- vides uninterrupted power to electrical applianc- allowed to bring Russian geological exploration tocells, known as “Graetzel cells”, designed to es designed to power
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