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RLI presented part of its work on population-based decision support techniques for energy systems design at this year’s seminar  on complex systems held by the scientific panel on environmental and geoscience simulation (Fachgruppe “Simulation in den Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften”) at Hamburg University of Applied Science on April 20-22, 2016. With its yearly seminar the panel...

The “31st Symposium Photovoltaic Solar Energy” took place at Kloster Banz from 9th to 11th March. One day ahead a PV-Diesel-Hybrid Seminar has been conducted in collaboration with Fraunhofer ISE. During this seminar Philipp Blechinger, teamleader off-grid systems at the Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI) presented a global analysis of potentials for hybrid mini-grids. In addition,...

Building local capacities and promoting applied research are essential pillars in the development of renewable energies in Africa. Increased Africa-EU scientific cooperation is seen as crucial elements to boost renewable energy research in Africa. Therefore the Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) in cooperation with the Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences...

RLI presented some of its newest research results at this year’s International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES) on March 15-17 in Düsseldorf, Germany: Storage demand in interconnected central and residential electricity systems (Caroline Möller,Session: Applications, Case Studies and Scenarios) Electrification planning with focus on hybrid mini-grids – a comprehensive planning approach for the global south...

Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI) joins the international soil protection network „People4Soil” in February. People4Soil is a community of European NGOs, research institutions and environmental groups that want soil to be recognized as a common good and a critical resource for mankind. “We became member of People4Soil because we want to highlight the importance of soil...

Florian Schaller and Fabian Möhrke from the RLI’s research field Mobility with Renewable Energies conducted a workshop on the topic of Intelligent Integration of Electric Vehicles into the Power Grid as part of the IQPC conference AutoRenew 2015 in Berlin. Goals of the workshop were to identify objectives, challenges and approaches for several fields of...

In the framework of the „renewables – Made in Germany“ initiative of the BMWi the 5th Philippine-German Energy Forum was held in Cebu City organized by GIZ and the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce (GPCCI). The focus of the event was on the potential for off-grid and mini-grid systems in the Philippines. The event was attended...

The Reiner Lemoine Institute was honored to welcome the Afghan Minister of Energy and Water H.E. Ali Ahmad Osmani with his delegation on the 12th of October in Berlin for a meeting with a number of Administration officials, representatives of the GIZ and researchers from the Reiner Lemoine Institute. Initially RLI’s researchers gave a general...

Das Reiner Lemoine Institut wird auf der diesjährigen ees Europe (www.ees-europe.com), Europas größter Fachmesse für Batterien und Energiespeichersysteme, vom 10.06. bis 12.06. in München mit einem eigenen Stand vertreten sein. Die ees Europe findet in Kombination mit der Intersolar Europe (www.intersolar.de), der weltweit führenden Fachmesse für die Solarwirtschaft, statt. Am Gemeinschaftsstand „Sonderschau Innovative Mobilität“ werden...