Meetings and Workshops
  • Launching workshop in São Paulo (3-6 April, 2013)
  • Preliminary meeting in Munich (18 October, 2013)
  • Second workshop in Cape Town (10-12 March, 2014)
  • Internal meeting held by Upper Austria (23 June, 2015)
  • Meeting in Québec (23-25 November, 2015)
  • Meeting in Nuremberg (13 July, 2016)
  • Meeting in Montréal (9-10 April, 2017)
  • Meeting between Bavarian and Upper Austrian researchers in Linz (6 December, 2017)

First Results
Since April 2013, the network has generated:
  • A preliminary mapping of the research centres and activities within the network that are active in the field of renewable energies (available in the report published by São Paulo)
  • The identification and designation of one scientific coordinator per region (ongoing in certain regions)
  • The creation of a pilot webpage and an internal mailing group, both operated by São Paulo in cooperation with the network members, to test the network’s interconnectivity
  • The collection of data on funding opportunities for the network in bi- and multilateral ways (ongoing)
  • A road map of activities towards the establishment as a permanent scientific group under the umbrella of the RLS
  • Launch of new website, including a virtual working platform in July 2016
  • Presentations from the RLS-Energy Network researchers at iSEneC 2016
  • Presentation of the RLS-Energy Network at the 8th RLS Conference in July 2016
  • Presentation of a joint paper at the WindAc Conference in Western Cape in 2017

Future Developments
The RLS-Energy Network is working towards a joint proposal, following the roadmap produced in 2016.

The first results from the Regional Renewables Alliance Monitoring Report will presented in May 2018. 

The inaugural RLS-Energy Network Summer School will be held from 9-18 May, 2018 in Québec. Find out more here. 
Contact
Dr. Florence Gauzy
wks(at)bayfor.org
tel.: +49 (0) 89 9901 888-0
The RLS-Energy Network is a part of RLS-Sciences. RLS- Sciences seeks to leverage the unique composition and strengths of the RLS network to support scientific research within and between the RLS regions. We work to generate and support academic, scientific, and technological exchanges, and the initiation of multilateral research projects. The RLS-Energy Network was initiated in 2012, and includes members from all RLS-Sciences regions. The Bavarian coordinator of the RLS-Energy Network  is Prof. Dr. Jürgen Karl, Chair of Energy Processing at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Nuremberg-Erlangen.                                                                                         Impressum