TILOS

  This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 646529.  

Title

Technology Innovation for the Local Scale, Optimum Integration of Battery Energy Storage

Concept

TILOS aims to demonstrate the optimal integration of local scale energy storage in a fully-operated, smart island microgrid that will also communicate with a main electricity grid. The main objective of the project will be the development and operation of a prototype battery storage system, based on NaNiCl2 batteries, provided with an optimum, real-environment smart grid control system and coping with the challenge of supporting multiple tasks, ranging from microgrid energy management, maximization of RES penetration and grid stability, to export of guaranteed energy amounts and provision of ancillary services to the main grid. The battery system will support both stand-alone and grid-connected operation, while proving its interoperability with the rest of microgrid components, including demand side management aspects and distributed, residential heat storage in the form of domestic hot water.

Success story

In 2017, TILOS was named the best energy island project and the citizens' choice at the EU Sustainable Energy Awards. The prizes recognize outstanding innovation in energy efficiency and renewables.

Participants

• University of West Attica, Greece (Coordinator)
• FZSONICK S.p.A., Italy
• Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France
• University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
• Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias S.A., Spain
• Younicos GmbH, Germany
• Université de Corse Pasquale Paoli, France
• Open Energi Ltd., United Kingdom (Participation ended)
• SMA Solar Technology AG, Germany (Participation ended)
• HEDNO S.A., Greece
• WWF Greece, Greece
• Eunice Laboratories S.A., Greece
• Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG, Germany (Participation ended)
• Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan, Sweden
• EUROSOL Projekt & Management GmbH, Germany