The most significant exploitable results of TILOS include the following:
# The integrated prototype battery-inverter energy storage system (Fig. 2) which comprises the core element of the Tilos Hybrid Power Station and smart microgrid, offering at the same time a solution tailored to the Greek regulatory framework.
# The first-ever battery-based Hybrid Power Station in Greece (Fig. 3) and issuance of all relevant permits, including the first-ever Power Purchase Agreement, which disrupted the local energy market and paved the way for system replication in other Greek Aegean Sea Islands.
# The integrated, end-to-end, smart metering and DSM platform and prototype DSM panel (Fig. 4), and roll-out of 100 DSM panels in residential, commercial and centralized municipal loads of Tilos island, increasing the flexibility of the local Tilos electricity grid and offering an appreciable pool of deferrable loads that can be used for the provision of different services both at the end-user and the system level.
# The first-ever, solar-based EV charging station on a Greek island (Fig. 5), which paves the way for the introduction of green electromobility in Tilos.
# The novel energy management entity called "High-Level Energy Management Centre", governing all components of the integrated TILOS microgrid solution (Hybrid Power Station, DSM pool, existing diesel genset and grid switches) while allowing for the island operation of Tilos (without the subsea cable to Kos) and comprising an expandable infrastructure that can gradually incorporate additional vectors such as water management, electromobility, etc., and that stands as a solution of strategic importance for the optimum management of resources in island regions.
# A multi-layer EMS which enables operation of the Tilos Hybrid Power Station in line with the Greek regulation framework and as a grid-forming entity for island system operation on the one hand, and of the entire Tilos microgrid in the context of both island and grid-connected operation on the other.
# The advanced forecasting platform, comprising different forecasting techniques and models for wind power generation, solar power generation and load demand, which can be treated as both a stand-alone application and an EMS-tied tool
# The Microgrid and the Extended Microgrid Simulators of TILOS (Fig. 6), comprising two high-level energy balance analysis and sizing tools for RES-based storage configurations and microgrids, supporting both stand-alone/island and market-tied strategies, as well as advanced features such as forecasting, DSM, storage hybridization, etc., and enabling examination of new case studies for the replication of solutions similar to the one of TILOS.
# The Microgrid Management Platform (Fig. 7) comprising an advanced smart microgrid energy management platform, which incorporates also the forecasting platform of TILOS and which allows for the optimal dispatch of all agents of the Tilos microgrid under the application of different objectives.
# The advancement of the Greek regulation and legislation on Hybrid Power Stations through the introduction of battery-related features which reflects on the local market and facilitates new investments in the field.
# The population engagement toolkit of Tilos, including training material, set of questionnaires and surveys, dissemination actions, etc. which motivated the local end-users and which provides a textbook for the implementation of similar projects in island communities.
# The TILOS ecosystem (Fig. 1), capturing all of the above aspects and offering an infrastructure that can further advance in the near future while also comprising a living lab and testbed for the application of new strategies, platforms and smart elements.
