The slug uses 'Kithnos,' but the island is normally transliterated Kythnos. Public descriptions also combine two different systems: the island-wide diesel-wind-PV grid and the much smaller permanently islanded Gaidouromantra (also Gaidouromandra) holiday-home microgrid. The latter began operating in 2001, historically used roughly 10-11 kWp PV with lead-acid batteries and diesel backup, and was modernized through Kythnos Smart Island and RE-EMPOWERED. A May 2025 deployment report lists its current resources as 20.8 kW PV, 3 kW wind, and 22 kW backup diesel, with new metering, communications, SCADA, forecasting, demand response, and multi-vector energy management.
- Research status
- Both boundaries remain active in the latest located evidence. The EU Clean Energy for Islands secretariat reported Kythnos Smart Island completed on June 21, 2024, including renovation of the Gaidouromantra off-grid system. RE-EMPOWERED's May 2025 deliverable says all tools were deployed, identified issues resolved, and demonstration had been ongoing since October 2024. It also lists the separate whole-island system at 5.2 MW diesel and 908.65 kW renewable capacity. No later 2026 production or reliability report was located.
- Historical classification
- Island
- Reported capacity
- See component specifications
- Coordinates
- 37.39086, 24.39639
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