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Globally, 1 in 3 children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools
For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, “there was no such a thing as remote learning,” the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, as the agency launched a new report outlining the limitations of remote learning and exposing the deep inequalities in access.
The Conventional Energy Category Nominees
The shortlist for the 2020 Global Energy Prize Conventional Energy category includes scientists from China, USA, Italy, and Australia. Their works are related to a wide range of domains from the oil to the nuclear industry, and all of them are focused on the energy system efficiency improvement.
The United States doubled the purchase of oil products from Russia
In the first half of 2020, the United States more than doubled its purchases of Russian oil products, RBC reported citing data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia. In just six months, the U.S. purchased 9.1 million tons of oil products from Russia, the largest volume in 16 years.
The Global Energy Prize laureates will be announced at a ceremony in Kaluga
The meeting of the International Global Energy Prize Award Committee, which will identify the winners of this year's prize, will be held on September 7. The ceremony of the announcement of the names of the laureates and a press conference will take place in Kaluga on September 8. The laureates will be on a video call during the event.
Russia will present its budget electric car in 2020
Russia's first electric car should appear later this year, said Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview. According to him, serial production of the car under the Zetta brand will start in Togliatti. The cost of a three-door car in a basic configuration should amount to 450 thousand rubles.
The number of solar power stations will more than double in 10 years
According to Fitch Solutions experts solar power capacity in the world will grow by 125% over the next ten years, mainly due to China, India and the U.S. These three countries will account for about two-thirds of all new solar capacity introduced until 2029. By this date, the sun will generate about 6% of all electricity in the world, compared to 2.7% in 2019.
The Energy Sector Survived
The Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak in a conversation with the President of the Global Energy Association Sergey Brilev at the online conference "COVID-19: accelerating the transition to the energy of the future for all” assessed the prospects of the energy sector.
Russian government has approved the Energy Sector Strategy until 2035
The Russian government approved the Energy Strategy of Russia until 2035, the corresponding document was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on June 9. The energy strategy assumes that the situation in the oil market until 2035 "will remain unstable, subject to various threats".
