Renewables

Smart battery can bring Tilos to 80% green energy

Published

October 28, 2015

Country

Comments

comments icon

0

Share

Published:

October 28, 2015

Country:

Comments:

comments icon

0

Share

A study by energy storage developer Younicos has found that Tilos could push the share of green energy in its beyond 80% by installing an intelligent battery. The Greek island would thus dramatically reduce its costs for expensive fossil fuel-based power, which is currently transported to the island through an interconnection from the neighboring island of Kos via the island of Nisiros, the company said.

The study even showed that the island could become an exporter of its excess wind and solar power. The energy storage system in Tilos will reduce the load on the strained undersea cable, thus minimizing the risk of blackouts, in addition to the green solutions, according to the press release.

“Our results clearly show how an intelligent grid-forming battery system would allow the island to form a renewables-based microgrid,” said Robert S. Manasse, chief consulting officer of the Younicos Group. “Implementing storage with our intelligent software will enable Tilos to power itself solely from wind and solar energy, with the existing diesel plant used for backup only.”

In conjunction with the island’s 500 inhabitants, project Tilos (Technology Innovation for the Local Scale, Optimum Integration of Battery Energy Storage) aims to create the first global blueprint for smart microgrids. The goal is to facilitate increased participation of renewable energy sources by optimizing the use of energy storage and demand-side management assets. Tilos is part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme.

As a member of the consortium, Younicos is responsible for the development of the energy management system and for evaluating the technical and commercial feasibility of the project.

Related Articles

Turkish geothermal power plant operator drill for geothermal lithium

Turkish renewables firm to drill for geothermal lithium

26 July 2025 - Margün Energy intends to search for lithium in geothermal water in western Turkey, where it took over a 12 MW geothermal power plant

serbia wind farm plandiste nis met dubravka djedovic

Government of Serbia interested in taking over Plandište wind project

25 July 2025 - Plandište is one of the projects that obtained feed-in tariffs under the first quota of 500 MW for wind power plants in Serbia

Over 20,000 prosumer projects connected in Greece during last 18 months

Over 20,000 prosumer units connected in Greece in last 18 months

24 July 2025 - Households and businesses remain highly interested in becoming prosumers in Greece, although the new net billing program faces delays.

Project 81 MW solar park on coal mine in Montenegro

Project underway for 81 MW solar park on coal mine in Montenegro

24 July 2025 - The Government of Montenegro gave a provisional green light for a solar power plant of 81.1 MW in peak capacity on coal land in Pljevlja