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July 12th, 2022 | The use of electric buses (e-buses) in local public transport is important for the transition in transportation. In order to work out how this task can be accomplished in rural areas, the RLI has now launched the Buffered HLL project together with other partners. The consortium is developing and testing a...

July 8th, 2022 | In order to achieve the agreed climate targets of the federal government as well as the state of Brandenburg and to reduce CO2 emissions, transport, heat and industry must be gradually converted to renewable energy. The use of hydrogen will also be an elementary component here. The counties of Prignitz, Oberhavel...

5th July 2022 | Geodata can help with the expansion of renewable energies and thus in the acceleration of the energy transition. The Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) is now publishing a comprehensive data package with potential areas for Germany. This helps to find suitable areas for photovoltaic (PV) and wind power plants. For the first...

30th June 2022 | 70 scientists from various German institutions jointly criticize the practices and structures of German research funding. The focus is on the negative consequences for scientific cooperation with the Global South. The Reiner Lemoine Institute joins the criticism of the alliance. The bureaucratic effort is disproportionately high, legal requirements hinder cooperations and...

2nd June 2022 | Wind turbines, energy transition, RLI: A research trip brought the participants of a delegation from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI). This was the start of the five-day study tour of the researchers from the Aral Sea region in Germany. The visit is part of the module series...

25th May 2022 | RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer had been appointed as a member of the Berlin Climate Protection Council by Berlin Senate’s resolution on 29th March 2022. Bettina Jarasch who is Senator for Environment, Mobility, Consumer and Climate Protection in Berlin presented the new council members on 11th April, 2022 on the occasion...

May 17 th 2022 | How can Uganda’s energy system be transformed into a system that runs on 100 percent renewable energy? This question will be answered by the Reiner Lemoine Institute on behalf of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) in a new project. After 100 percent studies by the RLI for Germany...

25.04.2022 Potsdam/Berlin. Brandenburg’s Minister of Economics Jörg Steinbach and Berlin’s Senator for Economics Stephan Schwarz today jointly presented the Berlin-Brandenburg Hydrogen Marketplace. The marketplace, developed on behalf of both states by the software company Localiser, is a central instrument for the expansion of the hydrogen economy in the capital region. It is now open to...

March 21. 2022 | For the fourth time, the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) acknowledges the world’s most remarkable women in mobility with a dedicated publication, this year honoring them as Electric Women. The 2022 edition shines a light on outstanding women working to electrify mobility. RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer is among these 15...

March 18, 2022 | Influence of CO2 emissions on the climate, development of droughts in Germany or the share of renewable energies in the electricity mix – the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) has developed the new energy transition dashboard together with local energy consulting (l°energy) on behalf of WWF Germany. With ten interactive fields, the...