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02.06.2026 | How can residents make the most of the electricity they generate themselves from various solar power systems within energy communities? That is what we aim to explore in our project, in collaboration with the Aller-Leine-Weser eG Regional and Energy Cooperative. Our goal: A transferable model for citizen energy communities that strengthens local electricity...

May 26th, 2026 | How can agriculture become more resilient to climate change? In the RLI project SustAgri, researchers are working with local partners, farmers, and research institutes to find an answer. The project partners met in Tunisia for a workshop with stakeholders. What did they experience there? Gaining direct insights on the ground into...

23rd April 2026 | Reiner Lemoine Institute has released the STELE Calculator, a new online tool designed to help companies plan their fleets of heavy-duty and commercial electric vehicles. For the first time, the tool enables a low-threshold, practical estimation of key energy and charging parameters for individual routes. The calculator was developed as part...

12th February 2026| How can green hydrogen be integrated into the renewable energy system of a Thai island as a storage component? RLI is working on this with partners in the Green-H2 Islands project on the island Koh Jik in Chanthaburi. RLI researcher Katrin Lammers from the unit Off-Grid Systems made her second project visit...

2. February 2026 | Launch of the project for open data infrastructure for municipal heat planning results: The partners from the Reiner Lemoine Institute and the University of Osnabrück met in Berlin on Monday, February 2nd 2026 to kick off the project. What they will be working on over the next two years: The project:...

9th January 2026 | The Philippine guest researcher Giancarlo Sanglay stays at the Reiner Lemoine Institute for nine months. Giancarlo is an engineer for materials engineering and is currently pursuing his PhD in energy engineering at the University of the Philippines. He works with the Research Unit Off-Grid Systems and works on an energy system...

Berlin, 15 December 2025 | It is difficult for homeowners to get an overview of the topic of energy-efficient building renovation. There is a lack of information, especially with regard to suitable heating technologies, subsidy conditions and legal obligations. This is shown by the “building-dialogue” research project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...

Berlin, 11.12.2025 | The German government is currently pushing ahead with the construction of new climate-damaging gas-fired power plants as part of its power plant strategy. A new analysis by the organizations Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) and Gaswende, with calculations by the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), highlights the advantages of a smart...

Birkenwerder/Hohen Neuendorf, 25.11.2025 | How can the Brandenburg municipalities of Birkenwerder and Hohen Neuendorf supply themselves with climate-neutral heat using renewable energies? What impact will this have on the power grid? What measures are necessary? How can the transformation process be implemented efficiently and cost-effectively? Scientists are researching these and other questions in the KWPconnect...

4 November 2025. Feeding electricity from vehicle batteries into the grid can be financially worthwhile for users of e-cars and at the same time serve the electricity sector. This is illustrated by an analysis by the think tank Agora Verkehrswende, in which possible revenues from bidirectional charging in 2030 were calculated. Agora Verkehrswende recommends making...