Smart Energy Infrastructure

The Smart Energy Infrastructure of PHAETHON COE includes laboratories (renewables and grid integration, future storage, smart grid and digitalised energy) that comprise test-beds (smart inverter, emobility, MW-scale power test-bed, real-time simulation and digital grid), pilots (solar-plus-storage and green hydrogen) and a high-performance computing e-infrastructure (energy analytic data centre).

Novel infrastructure for energy technology demonstration at highest readiness level

Test Facilities

Renewable Energy Sources Facility
Future Storage Facility
Smart Grid Facility
Energy Analytics Facility
Energy Transition Facility

Laboratories

Renewable & grid integration

Future storage

Smart grid

Digitalised energy

Energy transition

Pilots

Photovoltaic power plants 5

Solar-plus storage

Green hydrogen

Smart substation

Power-to-X

Internet of Energy control centre

Commercial-scale microgrid

Lab Access

The centre provides access to infrastructure for energy-field technology testing services:

• Testing services for novel photovoltaic, inverter and battery technologies.
• Verification of novel energy-field software and hardware control tools.
• Accelerated testing of new technologies in real-time simulation environments.