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September 16th 2016 – RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer has been interviewed today by DRadio Wissen. The interview about the “Nordlink Cable”, is now available online (in German). Background: Between Tonstad in Southern Norway and Wilster in Schleswig-Holstein, more than 600 Kilometer of  high-voltage direct current transmission line will be built – the so-called “Nordlink...

September 14th 2016 – Catherina Cader, researcher at the RLI, participated in the 2016 Myanmar Green Energy Summit in Yangon and represented RLI’s work in electrification planning. This two-day conference brings together stakeholders from Myanmar’s Energy Sector, private industry, researchers, international organizations and government representatives. The motto of this year’s conference was “Gearing Up the...

September 13th 2016 – All partners of the research project ecoPtG met for their second project meeting at the hydrogen fueling station at Schönefeld Airport on September 13th 2016. They presented first results of their work and discussed the next steps. For the ecoPtG project, the RLI is developing a modular electrolyzer that produces hydrogen,...

Six years of research for 100 % renewable energies September 7th 2016 – September 6th 2016 marked the day of RLI’s first larger public event: The RLI Energy-Dialog 2016. More than 130 guests from business, politics, research, and society joined us to discuss energy scenarios of the future. Corresponding with RLI’s three fields of research, the...

September 9th 2016 – We are happy to announce that the Reiner Lemoine Institute is now member of Kompetenznetz Rail Berlin-Brandenburg (KNRBB). KNRBB is a creative, open and international network of 68 cooperation partners, including 44 partners from the region Berlin-Brandenburg and 11 partners from european countries. It was founded in 2011. Today, it identifies...

September 7th 2016 – It is difficult to say whether or not it was the biggest “Strommarkttreffen” that ever happened. Nevertheless, this conference was a big success. “Strommarkttreffen” is an open network consisting of energy experts from science, politics and economy. Usually, there is one workshop every month, taking place at different locations in Berlin....

23rd July 2016 – Philipp Blechinger and Catherina Cader (RLI team Off-Grid Systems) presented and discussed first results of electrification modelling within the project “Rural electrification modelling in the framework of the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP)” during a two-day workshop in Abuja (Nigeria) on July 21st and 22nd 2016. NESP is a technical assistance...

July 20th 2016 – The last days of the school year are traditionally used for field trips by many Berlin schools. This year, the RLI invited a ninth grade class from Alexander-Puschkin-School in Friedrichsfelde for a tour across Südkreuz train station, to learn about renewable energies, e-mobility, and urban smart grids. July 19th 2016 was...

July 7th 2016 – Oliver Arnhold, head of the team “Mobility with renewable energy” at RLI has participated in the „7. Deutscher Wasserstoff Congress“ (7th German Hydrogen Congress) on July 5th 2016 in Berlin. Oliver shared his perspective on the German energy and transport transition and presented current results of his research. In front of...

July 2nd 2016 – Florian Schaller, researcher in the e-mobility research group at RLI, has participated in the  conference “Synergetic Development of New-energy Power Generation and Electric vehicles” on July 1st 2016 in Beijing. The RLI has been invited as an expert by GIZ to present the current status of renewable energy and e-mobility research...