Two young Russians kicked off their round-the-world quest August 6 to explore how the most challenging energy problems are being dealt with in different parts of the world.
Maria Khromova, a young Muscovite trained in the power industry, and Egor Goloshov, an aspiring economist from Zlatoust, began their journey in Berlin, Germany as the first stop on their tour, which will take them to different regions of the world over roughly three months.
Ms. Khromova, 24, and Mr. Goloshov, 21, were selected in May out of a competitive pool of 49,000 applicants from across Russia as part of the Energy of Adventure project launched by the non-profit partnership “Global Energy,” based in Moscow. The aim of the project is to highlight the world's various energy challenges, from coping with limited energy resource supplies to mitigating climate change, in various countries, and to showcase how these challenges are being confronted.