Europe / Commercial & demonstration

Graciosa, Azores Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations3
System facts6
Sources reviewed2
Last researched2026-07-19

Graciosa, Azores Microgrid is catalogued as a commercial & demonstration system in Europe.

Research status
Operational
Historical classification
Island
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
39.05248, -28.00690
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.

Project delivery

Who was involved in Graciosa, Azores Microgrid?

3 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Leclanche

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Tecnalia

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

Organization

Younicos

Publicly named participant; role not specified in the recovered record [1]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Solar
1000 [1]
KW Wind
4500 [1]
Storage
2800 kW NMC Battery [1]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

No controller or equipment model was found in the reviewed public sources. This is a disclosure gap, not evidence that the project lacks coordinated controls.

Recovered detail

Additional technical notes

Concise system facts recovered from the historical project record. Treat these as historical unless a newer primary source confirms them.

  • General

    The world’s first megawatt-scale renewable energy plus storage system, currently being built on the island of Graciosa in the Azores (Portugal), will set new standards for islands worldwide. [1]

  • General

    The centerpiece of the system is a fully automated, intelligently managed 2.8 megawatt battery park integrated into the intelligent energy management system developed by Younicos. [1]

  • General

    In addition, the system will incorporate wind (4.5 MW) and solar (1 MW) power resources, and intelligent inverters. [1]

Provenance

2 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06

  2. [2]
    Source

    younicos.com · Archived source · captured 2020-07-06