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A delegation of three RLI researchers – Catherina Cader, Kathrin Goldammer, and Philipp Blechinger – has been travelling to the USA from April 16th to 20th for a joint workshop with the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California, Berkeley. The workshop brought together experts from the energy and digital sectors...

March 1st 2018 | The new RLI research project SzenarienDB was kicked-off at a meeting on February 25th. The aim of the project, expected to run for three years, is to develop a publicly accessible database for scenario data. In energy systems research, the term scenarios describes the input data, assumptions on future developments, and...

The first DALE workshop in cooperation with IET and l°energy was held on the topic of “Decentralized and local energy – where do we stand in Germany and what do we want to learn from the world?” The discussion expanded on the results of a survey carried out December to January on decentralized energy markets...

Januar 30th 2018 – For its project ecoPtG, the RLI is seeking out companies aiming to integrate the application of hydrogen in their business process. This could concern the supply of gas stations, passenger and commercial vehicle fleets, logistics hubs, trains, ships, and industrial processes as well as the use of hydrogen for energy storage....

December 7th 2017 – As part of the project EnerPHIL, a seven-member delegation from the University of the Philippines visited Berlin from November 6th-17th 2017. EnerPHIL is a joint research project for the development of a research network on renewable energy between Germany and the Philippines. The study trip, hosted by Reiner Lemoine Institute, was...

November 3rd 2017 – How can we make the discourse surrounding the Energy Transition accessible for those involved who are not experts on the subject? The topic is complex, and many decisions in regard to grid expansion or the use of storage and power plants can only be made with the aid of computational models....

October 19th 2017 – The research project oemof_heat began today with a kick-off workshop at RLI. The oemof_heat project aims to determine the potential of coupling the electricity and heat sectors. In order to do so, it will expand on the existing community-based Open Energy System Modeling Framework (oemof) and develop the corresponding scenarios. At...

October 11th 2017 – Reiner Lemoine Institute has been visited by a delegation of participants in the „Renewable Energy & Efficiency Week 2017“ (REEW) hosted by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The visitors from Ghana received an introduction to the institute’s work with a special focus on the research field Off-Grid Systems. The group...

September 19th 2017 – Organized by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), the EnviroInfo Conference took place in Luxembourg from September 13th – 19th 2017. RLI Head of Transformation of Energy Systems, Berit Müller, chaired a special session about “Open Source and Open Data – Transparent Modelling” in cooperation with Jochen Wittmann from...

September 1st 2017 – Today marks the beginning of the application process for participation of industry and municipal companies as well as communities in the PIOnEER2 project. Regional e-mobility projects such as the development of charging stations or the electrification of vehicle fleets or buses in public transportation can be submitted in this competition. Up...