A green project aspires to solve the energy efficiency problem of the remote island of Tilos in the Dodecanese group of islands. Up until now, the local population of Tilos - approximately 780 residents- covers its electricity needs through a poor interconnection to the host island of Kos, where a diesel-oil power station is operated. Due to underwater cable faults, Tilos suffers from frequent and long-lasting black-outs.

Thanks to a new €15 million investment plan, coordinated by the Soft Energy Applications & Environmental Protection Lab of the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus to be funded by Horizon 2020 EU funds, Tilos aspires to become the first global blueprint for smart micro-grids facilitating increased participation of renewable energy sources under the optimum exploitation of energy storage assets.