Dr. Evald Shpilrain was trained as thermal and power engineer and as a thermo-physicist. He spent a long career as a Professor in some of Russia’s most prominent Universities and Research Institutes. In recent times, he has been Chairman of the Scientific Committee for New and Renewable Sources of Energy, Ministry of Science and Technology and Russian Academy of Sciences, and Representative of Russia in the IEA Implementing Agreement “SolarPACES”. Currently, he is the Head of the Department of Energy and Energy Technology at the Institute for High Temperatures (IVTAN) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Scientific Council for Non-traditional, Renewable Sources of Energy, Russian Academy of Sciences, and Executive Director of the Moscow International Energy Club.