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23.03. | The conference ATZlive on Electrified Mobility and Grid Integration will take place in Stuttgart on November 24 and 25, 2020. Proposals for presentations may now be submitted online until April 15. In the area of ​​electrified mobility, core topics will be mobility and markets as well as automotive engineering. The ​​grid integration conference...

05.03. | The project Netz_eLOG (Intelligent grid integration of electrified logistics) was shifted into gear on February 27, 2020 with a successful kickoff. Over the next three years, the consortium of engineering partner IAV, grid operator E.DIS, and project lead Reiner Lemoine Institute will investigate how large electric vehicle fleets can be charged in a...

08.02. | The RLI was founded ten years ago today. We would like to thank all of the people who have made the institute a unique place in its ten years. Thank you to our founders at the Reiner Lemoine Foundation, to all supporters, sponsors, clients and administrative personnel who have made our research possible....

Off-grid Renewable Energy can have significant merits over grid expansion + has the potential to reduce needed investments and greenhouse gas emissions + provides pathways for green growth, improved livelihoods and sustainable development 29.01. | Achieving universal electrification by 2030 (SDG7) implies the provision of electricity access to more than 1.2 billion people cumulatively, of...

22.01. | In January the openmod workshop returned to Berlin for its 5 year anniversary – celebrated with around 200 participants. Cheers to that from everyone at the Reiner Lemoine Institute and we are glad to see how much interest in Open Source and Open Data has been growing since 2014. Congratulations also to the...

09.01.2020 | The RLS Graduate School has taken up its work at the RLI. For four years, the team will research questions related to the energy system transition. Four grants were awarded by the Reiner Lemoine Foundation. Marlin Arnz, Anya Heider, Alexandra Krumm and Ricardo Reibsch were selected as doctoral candidates. Philipp Blechinger is head...

09.01.2020 | The expansion of renewable energy and the integration of the energy sectors (heat, mobility, gas) will place further demands on the electricity grid. These include the expansion and restructuring of the grid at several grid levels. The effects of sector coupling on the power grid are being looked at in the context of...

09.12.2019 | In a large practical trial with 63 StreetScooters WORK XL at a distribution centre of the Deutsche Post DHL Group (DPDHL) in Kleinmachnow near Berlin, the management of the loading processes from the network operator’s point of view is being tested for the first time. The aim is to develop procedures for intelligent...

28.11.2019 | Science, technology and innovation play a major role in shaping our societies. Therefore, research teams must address societal challenges by reaching out beyond their own communities, gathering everyone “around one table”. One way to do this is by organising dialogue events, called “Mobilisation and Mutual Learning” (MML). The GRECO project has performed six...

15 October 2019 | Reiner Lemoine is one of the pioneers in the field of renewable energy. He built up several innovative companies with friends and business partners. In a documentary entitled “Fuck commercialism, let’s do something real” Horst Frebel has retraced the life and work of Reiner Lemoine. In interviews and numerous original recordings,...