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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...

August 4th 2017 – RLI looks forward to a new partnership with the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California, Berkeley. On August 28th, RLI and RAEL together sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the scope of their partnership. In this initiative, the partners have created the Berkeley-Berlin Energy Access Group...

For the first time, the RLI has participatd e in the Long Night of Sciences 2017. On June 24th 2017, more than 70 universities, research institutes, universities of applied science, and technology-oriented companies in Berlin and the Telegrafenberg in Potsdam have opened their doors between 5 p. m.  and midnight. We offered insights into our...

May 31st 2017 – The first conference “Energy Modelling Platform for Europe“ (EMP-E) has taken place at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium on  May 17th and 18th 2017. The EMP-E was organized within the scope of the REEEM Project as part of the work package headed by Reiner Lemoine Institut. The RLI acted as...

May 8th 2017 – The Hannover Messe took place from April 24th to 28th 2017 and is considered the world’s largest and most important industrial fair. As in previous years, the “Hydrogen, fuel cells and battery exhibition” is part of the fair and included more than 150 exhibitors from the hydrogen and battery sector. RLI...

May 2nd 2017 – Oliver Arnhold, head of the team Mobility with Renewable Energy at RLI, took part as expert in a discussion on e-mobility and energy systems at the European Parliament in Brussels. The expert discussion took place upon invitation of social democrat Member of the European Parliament Karoline Graswander-Hainz. She is shadow rapporteur...