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Electricity market: Successful practical test in the Euskirchen area shows the opportunities and challenges of local electricity trading

12 November 2024 | As part of the BEST project, a consortium led by the Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) has tested local electricity trading in the Euskirchen area on a digital marketplace. The results show opportunities and challenges: Local electricity markets help energy suppliers to coordinate supply and demand locally and optimise products. Private households...
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Paul Bertheau takes over as Head of the Off-Grid Systems research department as a parental leave replacement for Philipp Blechinger

September 9, 2024 | Paul Bertheau will lead the RLI research unit Off-Grid Systems together with Catherina Cader from September 2024 and will stand in for the previous head of unit Philipp Blechinger during his parental leave. Paul focuses particularly on sustainable energy access and decentralized renewable energy systems for islands. His PhD at the...

RLI Day at Tempelhofer Feld

September 2, 2024 | Once again, many RLI employees gathered under bright sunshine for an inspiring RLI Day outdoors. In a relaxed atmosphere, we had the chance to exchange ideas about current projects, hold workshops, and take the opportunity to get to know new federal volunteers. It was a wonderful day filled with ideas, team...

Open letter to BNetzA: Making network data more usable

June 18, 2024 | In an open letter, the Reiner Lemoine Institute, together with an alliance of research, industry and associations, appeals to Germany’s Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) to make grid data even more usable. The initiative was prompted by the distribution system operators’ grid expansion plans recently published on the VNBdigital portal. The...

Charging requirements reassessed up to 2030: Study on publicly accessible charging points and charging capacity sets guidelines for expansion

June 5, 2024 | The study ‘Charging infrastructure after 2025/2030: Scenarios for the market ramp-up’ by the National Centre for Charging Infrastructure (Leitstelle) is being published today in an updated new edition. Its results are not only an important decision-making basis for private-sector activities, but also play an important role in the expansion of the...

A digital twin for the local heating market in Berlin

May 22, 2024 | Berlin is ready to tackle the challenges of climate change and take on a pioneering role in the use of renewable energies. A powerful team of energy market, heat market and digital experts will provide support. On behalf of the Berlin Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment,...