Reiner Lemoine Institute

Reiner Lemoine Institut gGmbH
Category:	research Institute
Facility location:	Berlin
Type of research:	Applied research
Subjects:	Engineering , computer science
Basic funding:	Reiner Lemoine Foundation (around 10%)
Management:	Kathrin Goldammer
Employee:	around 70 (as of June 2020)
Homepage:	www.reiner-lemoine-institut.de

The Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI) is a non-profit, independent research institute based in Berlin that deals with scientific issues relating to the topic of renewable energies . The institute was founded by the Reiner Lemoine Foundation, named after Reiner Lemoine , a German entrepreneur in the field of renewable energies.

history

The Reiner Lemoine Institute was founded in February 2010 by the Reiner Lemoine Foundation as a wholly owned subsidiary and started its work in April 2010. The founding managing directors of the institute were Jochen Twele and Peter Kayser, two professors from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin). The institute was set up in the immediate vicinity of the HTW at the Oberschöneweide location. In 2017 the RLI moved to the Science and Technology Park Berlin-Adlershof .

The institute, which initially consisted of two managing directors and four employees, has grown with an increasing number of research projects and today employs around 70 people, including 6 doctoral candidates, 9 doctoral students and almost 30 student assistants and interns (as of June 2020). The research institute is now recognized as a major player in the German energy transition and is active, among other things, as a project partner in several EU projects on the energy transition, as well as being in charge of other large, publicly funded research projects in Germany. The Reiner Lemoine Institute has been headed by Kathrin Goldammer since February 2016.

The institute is financed around 10 percent from funds from the Reiner Lemoine Foundation and around 90 percent from third-party funds it has acquired itself. These mainly consist of public funding at the state, federal and European level as well as research contracts and consulting services for the public sector, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The institute is recognized as a non-profit organization and does not pursue any economic goals.

Research priorities

The Reiner Lemoine Institute sees its scientific work as support for the long-term conversion of the energy supply to renewable energies. In a number of publicly funded research projects, the institute actively promotes the principles of open science and applies them to a large extent. This includes the development and use of open source software, the use and publication of open data and the provision of materials under open licenses.

Research at the Reiner Lemoine Institute is divided into three research areas:

Transformation of energy systems

The research area Transformation of Energy Systems models, analyzes and optimizes energy systems with a high proportion of renewable energies. For this purpose, mostly self-developed open source tools are used.

Mobility with renewable energies

The research area mobility with renewable energies examines how alternatives to gasoline and diesel engines - such as battery and fuel cell vehicles or synthetic fuels - can be integrated into renewable energy systems in an ecologically and economically sensible way and which charging infrastructure is required for this. Examples of this work include research on the integration of electric buses into the network of the Berlin transport company or the scientific management of Grid Integration at the symposium atzlive Electrified Mobility + Grid Integration 2021. Localiser RLI GmbH, the software for the automated planning of charging infrastructure for Developing electromobility is a spin-off from this research area.

Off-grid systems

The Off-Grid Systems research area uses geographic information systems, socio-economic analyzes and energy system models to ensure access to affordable and clean energy, especially in remote regions of the Global South and on geographical islands (in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals , in particular Goal 7 for sustainable and modern energy for everyone).

Publications and science infrastructure

The institute employees regularly publish their scientific results in various peer-reviewed journals, especially in the field of energy research. In addition, the Reiner Lemoine Institute supports the creation of guidance documents for political institutions with scientific findings.

Part of the RLI is also a graduate college financed by the Reiner Lemoine Foundation, at which four people (as of April 2020) are currently doing their doctorate on RE-dominated energy systems in cooperation with various universities.

Selected publications

• Christian Breyer, Alexander Gerlach: Global overview on grid ‐ parity , Progress in Photovoltaics, Volume 21, Issue 1, Jan. 2013, pp. 121–136.
• Caroline Moeller et al .: Transforming the electricity generation of the Berlin-Brandenburg region, Germany Renewable Energy. Volume 72, December 2014, pp. 39-50.
• Guido Pleßmann, Philipp Blechinger: How to meet EU GHG emission reduction targets? A model based decarbonization pathway for Europe's electricity supply system until 2050 Energy Strategy Reviews. Volume 15, March 2017, pp. 19–32.
• Guido Pleßmann et al .: Global Energy Storage Demand for a 100% Renewable Electricity Supply Energy Procedia. Volume 46, 2014, pp. 22–31.
• Ludwig Hülk et al .: Allocation of annual electricity consumption and power generation capacities across multiple voltage levels in a high spatial resolution International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management. Volume 13, 2017.
• Philipp Blechinger et al .: Global analysis of the techno-economic potential of renewable energy hybrid systems on small islands Energy Policy. Volume 98, November 2016, pp. 674-687.
• Philipp Blechinger et al .: Off-Grid Renewable Energy for Climate Action - Pathways for change Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). December 2019.

Open Science

The Reiner Lemoine Institute initiates, supervises and develops together with partners important science infrastructure projects in the field of open source energy system modeling. These include the Open Energy Modeling Framework (oemof), the Open Energy Platform with the associated Open Energy Database (OEP), open source software for scientific energy system modeling, and the development of a common ontology for energy system analyzes, the Open Energy Ontology.

Web links

• Website of the Reiner Lemoine Institute
• Website of the Reiner Lemoine Foundation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} team. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed June 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Foreign Office: Who is who of the energy transition in Germany Contact person in politics, business and society. July 2015, p. 70.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Profile: The Reiner Lemoine Institute. gwf Gas + Energie, September 9, 2018, accessed on October 14, 2019 . 
4. ^ Reimund Lepiorz: New in the IPW and TGS: The Reiner Lemoine Institute . In: innotech - The magazine of the technology region Berlin Südost 02/2010 .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Horizon 2020: GRECO. European Commission CORDIS, accessed on April 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Horizon 2020: REEEM. European Commission CORDIS, accessed on April 22, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Horizon 2020: E-LAND. European Commission CORDIS, accessed on April 22, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: Federal Energy Research Report 2019 Research funding for the energy transition. April 2019, p. 39.
9. ↑ Cora Werwitzke: Test run for network integration of a StreetScooter fleet. electrive, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Goldammer new management. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Portrait of Kathrin Goldammer. Tagesspiegel Background, March 7, 2018, accessed October 14, 2019 . 
12. ↑ ^{a b} About us. In: website. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Open Science and Data Management. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Transformation of energy systems. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Tim Röpcke and Alexander Windt: Conversion of line-bound vehicles to alternative drive technologies. atz extra, December 1, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
16. ^ Hanna Sander: Research project on the network integration of e-mobility. energate, December 10, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Jakob Gemassmer et al .: Effects of battery and fuel cell vehicles on the energy system. atz extra, June 1, 2019, accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
18. ^ Hinrich Neumann: Hydrogen production directly at the filling station. Top Agrar, May 26, 2017, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Mobility with renewable energies. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
20. ↑ Sebastian Schaal: BVG is putting further e-buses into operation. electrive, April 3, 2020, accessed July 27, 2020 . 
21. ↑ Electrified Mobility + Grid Integration 2021: Scientific Advisory Board. atzlive, accessed on July 27, 2020 . 
22. ↑ Daniel Seeger: Solar island solutions best suited for the electrification of Nigeria. PV Magazine, January 24, 2018, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
23. ↑ Off-Grid Systems. Reiner Lemoine Institut, accessed October 7, 2019 . 
24. ↑ RLS Graduate School. Reiner Lemoine Foundation, accessed April 27, 2020 . 
25. ^ Simon Hilpert et al .: The Open Energy Modeling Framework (oemof) Energy Strategy Reviews. Volume 22, November 2018, pp. 16-25.
26. ↑ oemof: open energy modeling framework. Reiner Lemoine Institut, Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
27. ^ Open Energy Platform: About us. University of Magdeburg, accessed on April 27, 2020 . 
28. ↑ thing0. github, accessed April 27, 2020 . 
29. ^ Open Energy Family - Open Energy Ontology (OEO). github, accessed April 27, 2020 . 

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