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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...

27th June 2016 – The staff of Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI) has used this year’s field trip to have a social day for the first time. The work force of about 30 people has been “donated” for a whole day to refurbish the rooms and yard of “AJZ Kita”, a self-governing project sponsored by the...

22nd June 2016 – Marcel Sax, student assistant at RLI, has presented his work on hydrogen storage systems at the conference “Thailand – Energy Efficiency in the Infrastructure” on June 21st in Stuttgart. In his presentation “Enabling renewable energy off-grid systems through hydrogen storage – A global analysis”, he illustrated potential usages of modular electrolyzers...

June 22nd 2016 | RLI  presented parts of its research from the showcase project Micro Smart Grid EUREF at this year’s World Electric Vehicle Symposium und Exhibition (EVS) in Montréal from June 19th – 22nd, 2016. One of this year’s conference’s major topics was the roll out of charging infrastructure for the supply of battery electric...

Guido Pleßmann, PhD candidate in RLI’s Research Field Transformation of Energy Systems, has been awarded 3rd place of the Best Paper Award at the “2nd SEE SDEWES“ Conference in Piran. In his work “Outlook on South-East European power system until 2050: Least-cost decarbonization pathway meeting EU mitigation targets”, Guido shows how the EU’S goals for...

June 22nd 2016 – Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI) has attended the dena Power-to-Gas Annual Convention on 21st June in Berlin. Visitors found information on Power-to-Gas and hydrogen as fuel at the RLI stand and used the opportunity to discuss with our researchers from the team “Mobility with Renewable Energy” about new developments and current projects from...