Featured in Best in class – 01-2020

A transition testbed

Greece is pursuing an ambitious island energy transition program. pv magazine visited the island of Tilos for a firsthand account of how one community has blazed a trail in the energy transition.
Ilias Tsagas
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Ilias Tsagas
Tilos leads the way among Greek islands on energy efficiency and waste reduction. | Photo: Ilias Tsagas

 Tilos became the first Greek island to approach energy self-sufficiency when a smart renewable energy microgrid and battery was installed in 2017.An initial attempt had been made in 2012, after Greece’s Centre for Renewable Energy Systems (CRES) invited island proposals to go green. A change in the program meant Tilos did not follow through, but …

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