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Analysis by BUND and Gaswende with calculations by RLI shows advantages of flexibility in the energy system

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...
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Research project launched on climate-neutral development of the heating and electricity sector in Birkenwerder and Hohen Neuendorf

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...

Research project shows innovative solutions for electromobility: How supermarket parking lots help the energy supply in Berlin

Berlin, 14 October 2025 | Supermarket parking lots can help reduce the need for expansion of charging infrastructure in public spaces in Berlin by up to 17 percent. In the Retail4Multi-Use project, scientists from the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) and the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) have developed multi-use concepts for electromobility. These...

Three questions for: Moroccan guest researcher Rihab Ayzzi

8th October, 2025 | Guest researcher Rihab Ayzzi from Morocco stays for three months at Reiner Lemoine Institute. Rihab is a renewable energy engineer with a focus on hydrogen systems and energy transition strategies. She works with the Research Unit Off-Grid Systems at RLI testing the Off-Grid Planner tool. We asked Rihab three questions about...

Lookback at the Energy Dialogue 2025 and the RLI Birthday Party

At the RLI Energy Dialogue 2025 on September 24, we discussed the future of energy policy and research and celebrated our institute’s 15th anniversary with many guests in Berlin – what a wonderful celebration! One thing became very clear: 15 years of successful, independent, and non-profit energy research at RLI show how much can be...
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Three questions for: Trainee Anna Glaum

August 19, 2025 | Anna Glaum is a mechanical engineer and spends three months at RLI. She is a trainee at the network operator 50Hertz. As part of a cooperation between the company and RLI, Anna is gaining insights into the research work at RLI during her traineeship. We asked Anna three questions about her...
Mascha Richter, Leiterin Forschungsbereich Transformation von Energiesystemen und Philipp Blechinger Leiter Forschungsbereich Off-Grid Systems

Mascha Richter and Philipp Blechinger appointed to advisory board for CommunitE Innovations citizen energy project

Mascha Richter, head of the RLI research unit Transformation of Energysystems, and Philipp Blechinger, head of the research unit Off-Grid Systems and the Reiner Lemoine Graduate School, are joining the advisory board for the CommunitE Innovation project run by the Alliance for Citizen Energy. As advisory board members, they will advise the project’s management team...