Recent and Upcoming News and Events
2023 RLS-Sciences Digital Week
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RLS-Sciences Overall Conference 2022
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RLS-Sciences April Digital Week 2022
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RLS-Sciences at the 10th Regional Leaders Summit, hosted by Upper Austria
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New publication from the RLS-Energy Network on smart campuses
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According to the abstract, "seven categories of smartness: smart building, smart environment, smart mobility, smart living, smart people, smart governance and smart data. The main open questions and challenges regarding smart campuses are presented at the end of the review and deal with sustainability and energy transition, acceptability and ethics, learning models, open data policies and interoperability."
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Download the paper (open access) here.
RLS-Energy Network at the RLS-Sciences Online Conference 2021
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New publication: The Role of Renewable Energy in Regional Energy Transitions
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As mandated by the RLS Heads of Government in 2018 in Québec, the RLS-Energy Network is working on identifying best practices for regional energy transitions. The publication builds on the existing work of the Energy Network, including the 2018 Monitoring Report which aggregated key data on renewable energy in the regions, as well as the SWOT Analysis Technical Report, which was completed in 2020. Throughout the evolution of the work, key connections have been maintained with the political level of RLS-Sciences.
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The Monitoring Report was presented to the Heads of Government at the 9th Regional Leaders Summit in Québec, and a summary of the SWOT Analysis Technical Report was presented at the RLS Virtual Symposium on COVID-19. The publication in Sustainability is in continuity with these efforts, as it includes recommendations for policy makers.
Read the paper here (PDF) or here (online version).
Read the SWOT Analysis Technical Report here (PDF).
Read the paper here (PDF) or here (online version).
Read the SWOT Analysis Technical Report here (PDF).
RLS-Energy Network at the RLS Virtual Round Table on COVID-19
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Watch the RLS-Energy Network input to the RLS Virtual Round Table on COVID-19 starting at 0:16:40 (Credit: Government of Upper Austria).
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RLS-Energy Network at the Forum Econogy
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Hydrogen Research Institute in Québec presents at EUSEW: "Boosting the hydrogen economy through international cooperation"
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DanuP-2-Gas wins Interreg competition
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New Chair of Municipal Research for Sustainable Cities at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
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Nineteen RLS-Energy Network young researchers at the World Sustainable Energy Days 2020
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At the invitation of the WSED organizers, the Upper Austrian Energy Agency, young researchers from the RLS regions met with representatives of the Upper Austrian government, RLS-Sciences, and the Upper Austrian Energy Agency. The young researchers were able to hear about the Regional Leaders Summit, RLS-Sciences, and the Energy Network, and exchanged their thoughts on the concept of a smart energy transition.
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There are also two awards given at the Young Energy Researchers’ Conference: one for energy efficiency research and one for biomass research. Noémie Chagnon-Lessard from Université Laval, won the Best Young Energy Efficiency Researcher Award. The award has a prize of 1000 EUR and is chosen by the scientific committee. Learn more about her research in her conference article or by reviewing her presentation.
Review the RLS-Energy Network young researchers' research below. |
Oral Presentations
Energy Efficiency Noémie Chagnon-Lessard (Québec) New Cascade Design Technique for Higher Efficiency ORC Systems Stella Maria Santos de Sousa (São Paulo) Performance of Low Income Energy Efficiency Project (2008-2013) Mohsen Kandidayeni (Québec) Online Identification of a Fuel Cell System for Energy Management Purposes Biomass Richard Nowak Delgado (Bavaria) Influence on the Fine Particle Formation using Coal Fly Ash as Additive for the Combustion of woody Biomass in Two Full-Scale Boilers |
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Poster Presentations
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Argjenta Veseli (Upper Austria)
European Legislative and Regulatory Framework on Power-to-Gas Barbara Poisl, Stephen Sighart (Bavaria) Evaluation of the State of Health (SoH) for Second Life Lithium Ion Batteries by Self Learning Algorithms Christina Zugschwert, Georg Heyer (Bavaria) Decentralized or centralized electrical storage systems for low-voltage grid applications Daniel C. Rosenfeld (Upper Austria) Valorization Potential from Organic Waste Fractions: A Case Study for Austria Hossein Ahmadisedigh (Québec) Evaluating the Heat Rejection of the Workshop of a Manufacturing Plant and Introducing Waste Heat Recovery Solutions |
Jonathan Flórez Montaño (Bavaria)
Silicon/Graphene as a high capacity anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries Louis-Gabriel Maltais (Québec) Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Buildings with Model Predictive Control Maximilian Mock, Tim Bieringer (Bavaria) Increasing the methane evolution rate of methanogenic archaea: a study of Methanothermobactermarburgensis Philipp Leuter, Philipp Johne (Bavaria) ReGasFerm: Utilization of biogenic residues in a biorefinery concept via entrained flow gasification and gas fermentation for the production of basic chemicals Matthias Musil (Upper Austria) A bidirectional DC-DC converter for a bus and energy storage system |
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RLS-Energy Network meets in Québec for workshop with the RQEI
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Écotech Québec cleantech webinar featuring GreenCape speaker
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WSED 2020: Young Energy Researchers Conference
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2019 Forum Econogy
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RLS-Energy Network at the 2019 RLS-Sciences Conference
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Young Energy Researchers Conference
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Presentations:
Biomethanation of tannery sludge: Optimisation of initial pH and temperature and evaluation of kinetics (Mpofu et al.) Associated conference paper available here. Design and Economics of an Advanced Biomass Processing Depot: Case Study in Southern Quebec (Lemire) Associated conference paper available here. Posters: Used lithium ion battery: State of health data for its second life (Sighart, Singh, Poisl, Pettinger) Piping renewable energy: Utilizing methanogen and organic waste (Bauer and Mock) |
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Previous Events
Final Declaration concerning energy transition at the 9th RLS Conference
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RLS-Energy Network presentation at the 9th RLS Conference
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RLS-Energy Network presentation to Heads of Government at the 9th RLS Conference
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Cristina Cavalcanti, a student from São Paulo who's participation in RLS-Sciences was funded by FAPESP, presented her summer school team's work on the Cape Town water crisis to the Heads of Government. Please find a copy of the student team presentation here. Explanations about the summer school team’s works can be found here. For context on the water situation in Cape Town, please refer to information from our partner GreenCape on the water outlook here, as well as additional information here and here.
Review Dr. Goers’ presentation here. Review the first Monitoring Report here. |
RLS-Energy Network Workshop at the 9th RLS Conference
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The Energy Network held a meeting with external guests to facilitate exchange between the regions and with organizations in the renewable energy field in Québec. This exchange included presentations from existing bi-and multilateral collaborations, as well as illuminating the specific opportunities for further collaborations. The network then held an internal meeting to discuss next steps following the publishing of its first Monitoring Report.
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IREQ: Setting New Sights With Our Clean and Renewable Energy (Ahmed Daoud, Québec)
CIRAIG: Supporting a successful energy transition (Sophie Fallaha, Pierre-Olivier Roy, Quebec)
The BELT Biorefinery Project: The first Canadian renewable fuels biorefinery challenges and solutions (Patrice Mangin, Québec)
TEQ: Québec's journey toward energy transition (Mathieu Payeur, Québec)
Research on Power-to-X Concepts (Robert Tichler, Upper Austria)
Monitoring on Renewable Energy in the RLS regions (Sebastian Goers, Upper Austria)
Shandong Renewable Energy Outlook: Low Carbon Initiatives (Keng H. Chung, Shandong)
ClimEx: The sensitive interface of climate change and energy systems- perspectives from the ClimEx-initiative (Alain Bourque, Québec, Ralf Ludwig, Bavaria, Anton Frank, Bavaria)
CIRAIG: Supporting a successful energy transition (Sophie Fallaha, Pierre-Olivier Roy, Quebec)
The BELT Biorefinery Project: The first Canadian renewable fuels biorefinery challenges and solutions (Patrice Mangin, Québec)
TEQ: Québec's journey toward energy transition (Mathieu Payeur, Québec)
Research on Power-to-X Concepts (Robert Tichler, Upper Austria)
Monitoring on Renewable Energy in the RLS regions (Sebastian Goers, Upper Austria)
Shandong Renewable Energy Outlook: Low Carbon Initiatives (Keng H. Chung, Shandong)
ClimEx: The sensitive interface of climate change and energy systems- perspectives from the ClimEx-initiative (Alain Bourque, Québec, Ralf Ludwig, Bavaria, Anton Frank, Bavaria)
The Energieinstitut at the Johannes Kepler University, in Linz (Upper Austria), and the UQTR, in Trois-Rivières (Québec) identified potentials of scientific cooperation in the areas of regional bioeconomy and bioenergy, environment and biotechnology, hydrogen and energy storage, smart grids, electric mobility and energy efficiency during the RLS Energy Network working meetings. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in order to facilitate mutual assistance in research and education in the framework of the RLS Energy Network.
Review the Memorandum of Understanding here.
Review the Memorandum of Understanding here.
Inaugural RLS-Energy Network Summer School 2018
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Regional Renewables Alliance releases first Monitoring Report
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RLS-Energy Network video at 9th RLS in Québec
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International summer school on renewable energy of the RLS-Sciences Renewable Energy Network
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1st Upper Austrian Stakeholder Workshop of the RLS Energy Network at the Forum Econogy 2017,
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RLS Energy Network at WindAc Africa 2017
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Young Energy Researchers Conference in Upper Austria
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iSEnEC 2018 Announced
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RLS-Energy Network meets in Montréal
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RLS-Energy Network at iSEneC 2016
The Integration of Sustainable Energy Conference was held from 11 to 12 July, 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. As part of the conference, the RLS- Energy Network held a panel from 14:00 - 16:00 on 12 July. Senior researchers from across the RLS regions offered presentations on innovative renewable energy research and regional perspectives on energy policy.
Find the programme here. |
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Review the RLS-Energy Network presentation here.
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RLS-Energy Network presentation at the 8th RLS Conference
On Friday, 15 July, 2016 , Prof. Dr. Jürgen Karl, the Bavarian coordinator of the RLS-Energy Network, presented the next steps for collaboration within the Energy Network to the Regional Leaders Summit Conference. This was part of the RLS-Sciences segment of the conference. Bavarian State Secretary for the Ministry of Economy and Media, Energy and Technology, Franz Josef Pschierer gave the welcoming address. Québec Minister for Economy, Science and Innovation and Minister Responsible for the Digital Strategy Dominique Anglade gave the closing remarks.
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RLS-Sciences at the IAUP 2017 conference in ViennaNew University Models - Innovation in Education - RLS-Sciences: A multilateral and multilevel approach
2017 (Conference presentation) Authors: Sebastian Goers, Florence Gauzy, Laurine Platzky; on behalf of all RLS-Sciences members Read the conference presentation here. |
RLS-Energy Network meets in Montréal
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Second International Congress on Biofuels and Bioenergy
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Fourth Southern African Solar Energy Conference
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4th Annual STERG Research Symposium held at Stellenbosch University
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Energy Network meeting hosted by Bavaria
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Short Courses for Renewables open for 2016 in Western CapeThe Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies at the University of Stellenbosch in Western Cape has opened registration for their 2016 Short Courses in renewable energy topics. The courses are designed for industry by industry. Topics include solar, thermal, wind, renewable energy finance, bioenergy, and ocean and hydro energy.
Learn more here. |
Internal Energy Network Workshop hosted by Upper Austria
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Second Generation Biofuels workshop hosted by Western Cape
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Renewable Energies Workshop in Western Cape
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RLS International Seminar on Biomass, Biogas and Energy Efficiency
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