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DAFNI

Athens, Greece

 

DAFNI – Network of Sustainable Greek Islands is a development organization of the island local and regional authorities in Greece counting 55 members, of which 54 island municipalities and 1 regional authority.


DAFNI Network promotes sustainable development in Greek islands through the delivery of integrated actions in the fields of energy, water, waste and transport, enabling the transition to a circular and sector-coupled local economy boosted by touristic activities.
DAFNI participates in a number of European projects, providing resources for the implementation of actions and projects to its members in the areas of RES, smart grids and energy storage, building and street lighting energy efficiency, electrification, integrated local energy planning, youth employment and circular economy.


Representative of the Clean Energy for EU Islands initiative for Greece since 2023, DAFNI also actively participates in initiatives to strengthen local self-government and island communities by pursuing the development of policies tailored to the special challenges and development potential of the islands.

Contribution to the project

DAFNI will be leading the Communication and Exploitation package. DAFNI will be also coordinating the dermonstration, testing and validation activities in Tilos island. Additionally, DAFNI will be contributing the HESS design and operation and supporting the procurement and equipment monitoring activities (KPI identification) related to Tilos pilots.

Other projects relevant of HIHELIOS

  • RE-EMPOWERED (2021-2024): RE-EMPOWERED developed and demonstrated novel tools in EU and India to provide a complete solution for all stages of a Microgrid / Energy Island and Multi-Microgrid applications.

  • ISLET (2023-2026) : ISLET aims at supporting the collaboration between public authorities, private investors, and citizens in order to develop renewable energy communities developing an integrated approach to facilitate the emergence and growth of renewable community energy projects on Mediterranean small islands. 

  • Kythnos Smart island (2019-2022): Kythnos became a true “living lab” where innovative solutions for the efficient upgrade and smart management of local infrastructures, including energy, water, waste, transport and street lighting will be designed and deployed.

  • WiseGRID (2016-2020): (Horizon EU funding) The project promotes the roll-out of innovative smart grid technologies through pilot applications in 5 sites in 4 different EU countries, one of which is Kythnos island in Greece.

  • Wire-K: NESOI facility funded project conducting study within the “Wind turbine repowering in Kythnos – WiRe-K” action that involves the replacement of an existing wind turbine (WT) with a state-of-the-art 800 kW new one, which will incorporate a “behind-the-meter” lithium-ion battery.

  • INSULAE (2019-2023): (Horizon EU funding) The project aimed to reduce the cost of electricity production in the European islands through the deployment of innovative technologies that ensure the transition to a clean, safe and efficient energy model.

  • ISLANDER (2020-2024): (Horizon EU funding) The project focuses on the implementation of a smart energy management solution aggregating distributed energy resources and the development of a roadmap for a complete decarbonisation of the island.

  • SMILE (2017-2021): (Horizon EU funding) The project designs and implements 9 innovative pilot smart grid technologies allowing the increasing penetration of RES into the local power grids in three European insular systems having different characteristics (Madeira – Portugal, Orkney – United Kingdom, Samsø – Denmark).

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