MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
July 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
2024 Global Energy Prize winners were announced on July 3. The winners were Zi-Qiang Zhu, Head of
the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group at the University
of Sheffield (UK); Héctor D.
Abruña, Emile Chamot Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University (USA); and Minggao
Ouyang, Professor at the Tsinghua University (China).
Zi-Qiang Zhu became a laureate in the Traditional Energy
category for outstanding contribution to electrified
transportation, improving energy efficiency of domestic appliances,
reducing emissions for generation and utilisation of electric
power.
Héctor D. Abruña was selected in the Non-Traditional
Energy category for the foundational contributions spanning
electrochemistry, batteries, fuel cells and molecular
electronics.
Minggao Ouyang became the winner
in the New Ways of Energy Application category for technical
leadership in strategic planning, research, demonstration and
commercialisation of new energy vehicles, especially for solving
technical challenges of hydrogen fuel cell durability, lithium-ion
battery safety and vehicle-to-grid interaction.
The ceremony to announce the laureates was attended by Nobel
Peace Prize laureate Rae Kwon Chung,
as well as members of the International Award Committee of the
Global Energy Prize William Byun, Liye
Xiao and Dmitri
Bessarabov.
The laureates were selected by an international award committee
consisting of scientists from 13 countries: Bolivia, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Hungary, India, Japan,
Republic of Korea, Russia,
Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, UAE, USA.
"The growing share of electricity in primary energy
consumption is one of the key trends in global energy in recent
years. In this regard, the research of the laureates is more than
relevant today. This once again proves how thin the border between
fundamental and applied science is," said Rae Kwon Chung, Nobel laureate, Chairman of the
Global Energy Prize International Award Committee.
The award ceremony will be held in September 2024.
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