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Tilos Microgrid

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

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations19
System facts17
Sources reviewed5
Last researched2026-07-19

Tilos is an EU Horizon 2020 smart-island demonstrator built around an 800 kW wind turbine, 160 kW of PV, and an 800 kW / 2.88 MWh sodium-nickel-chloride battery. The CORDIS record identifies the coordinator and full consortium, while an open-access engineering paper documents battery modules, inverter models, transformers, and grid-connected/islanded operating modes.

Research status
Horizon 2020 project closed in January 2019; hybrid station described in the 2021 engineering paper
Historical classification
Community
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
36.41450, 27.38694
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.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Tilos Microgrid?

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

Organization

Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)

Research consortium participant [4]

Organization

Eunice Ferousa S.A.

Greek energy-company consortium participant [4]

Organization

Eurosol Projekt und Management GmbH

Project-development consortium participant [4]

Organization

Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO / DEDDIE)

Distribution-system operator and consortium participant [4]

Organization

Indrivetec AG

Battery inverter supplier [5]

Organization

Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias

Island-energy research consortium participant [4]

Organization

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Academic consortium participant [4]

Organization

Open Energi Limited

Demand-side-management consortium participant; participation ended [4]

Organization

RWTH Aachen University

Academic consortium participant [4]

Organization

Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG

Distribution-network consortium participant; participation ended [4]

Organization

SMA Solar Technology AG

Consortium participant; participation ended before project close [4]

Organization

SONICK S.p.A. / FZSoNick

NaNiCl2 battery manufacturer and consortium participant [4][5]

Organization

Uniper Technologies GmbH

Third-party technical participant; participation ended [4]

Organization

Université de Corse Pascal Paoli

Academic and island-platform consortium participant [4]

Organization

University of East Anglia

Academic consortium participant [4]

Organization

University of West Attica

Horizon 2020 project coordinator [4]

Organization

WWF Greece

Environmental and public-engagement consortium participant [4]

Organization

Younicos

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

Organization

Younicos GmbH

Energy-storage and control-technology consortium participant [4]

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.

Storage
NA [1]
Wind generation
800 kW [5]
Solar PV
160 kW [5]
Battery energy storage
800 kW / 2.88 MWh NaNiCl2 [5][4]
Battery containers
Two 20-foot containers, each with 64 parallel FZSoNick ST523 modules [5]
Battery inverters
Two 500 kVA units [5]
Battery transformers
Two 630 kVA, 20/0.3 kV transformers [5]
Horizon 2020 project cost
€13.75 million total; €11.01 million EU contribution [4]

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.

01

Battery modules

FZSoNick / SONICK S.p.A. — ST523

128 sodium-nickel-chloride modules arranged as 64 parallel modules in each of two 20-foot battery containers. [5]

02

Battery inverters

Indrivetec — SOLO S 500

Two 500 kVA bidirectional inverter systems couple the battery containers to the plant. [5]

03

Battery transformers

Model not publicly disclosed

Two 630 kVA, 20/0.3 kV units; the academic paper does not identify their manufacturer or model. [5]

04

Smart-grid control system

Model not publicly disclosed

Optimizes storage for renewable penetration, stability, guaranteed exports, and ancillary services; the reviewed sources do not provide a commercial controller model. [4][5]

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

    Planned Assets: Diesel, Solar, Storage [1]

  • Operating modes

    The hybrid station supports both grid-connected operation with the Kos-Kalymnos system and autonomous island operation. [4][5]

  • Demand flexibility

    The research program integrated demand-side management and distributed domestic-hot-water thermal storage with the electrical microgrid. [4]

  • Storage services

    The battery was designed for energy management, renewable maximization, grid stability, guaranteed export, and ancillary services. [4]

  • Consortium record

    CORDIS lists the coordinator, 16 participating organizations, ended participations, and a third-party entity; the page preserves those distinctions. [4]

Provenance

5 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 2021-04-20

  2. [2]
    From Yaunicos

    younicos.com · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  3. [3]
    www.tilos.gr

    tilos.gr · Archived source · captured 2021-04-20

  4. [4]
  5. [5]

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