Department of Research Technology and Development (DRTD)

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05.02.2026

iDesignRES participated in ECEMP 2025

On 16-17 October 2025, iDesignRES participated in the European Climate and Energy Modelling Platform (ECEMP) 2025 conference in Brussels, a key forum bringing together the European climate and energy modelling community to support policy-relevant analysis of the energy transition.

05.02.2026

3rd Consortium meeting in Copenhagen

On September 17th and 18th 2025, the iDesignRES consortium gathered for its General Meeting, hosted by Aalborg University, in Copenhagen. The meeting offered an opportunity to review the project’s progress over the past months and to align priorities for the next implementation phase. Dedicated…

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Europe's Electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs) are being asked to respond to the most crucial challenge in their history, namely the Energy Transition of the Electricity System.

The shifting of societies' priorities towards a direction of sustainable development, as well as technological progress, constantly give impetus to the efforts to transform the energy sector from a system based on the production and consumption of fossil energy resources, to a system based on Renewable Energy Sources (RES). This social and technological trend is also the essence of the Energy Transition.

The main objective of this effort is to decarbonize and encourage renewable energy production, empowering consumers to become an active part of the energy system.

The new era of the Electrical System naturally creates the corresponding challenges for all parties involved. Initially, the production mix becomes more dispersed, stochastic and cleaner. This change mandates the development of more efficient transmission and storage technologies, while at the same time encouraging the creation of local energy communities and activation of prosumers. In addition, the Electrical System is gradually becoming more interconnected with other sectors. Due to this trend, the critical role of networks is highlighted, but also the need to optimize the cooperation of end consumers. The solutions to the above challenges should be achieved in a short time and with high precision. For this reason, the digitization of the Energy Sector is attracting more and more attention.

Therefore, TSOs need dedicated departments to manage the challenges of the Energy Transition. The Department of Research, Technology and Development (DRTD) of IPTO undertakes this mission. By providing qualified staff and specialized knowledge, DRTD can recommend state-of-the-art technologies, methods and services to the rest of the company. It supports and develops the innovation ecosystem of Greece, promoting collaborations with Universities, young researchers, other European Administrators and ENTSO-E, as well as research centers, startups, SMEs and the Industry in the context of European, National and Internal projects .

DRTD promotes projects in the following Pillars:

P2CODE envisions the design and development of an open platform for the deployment and dynamic management of end user applications, over distributed, heterogeneous and trusted IoT-Edge node infrastructures, with enhanced programmability features and tools at both the network infrastructure level and the service design and operational level.

Enorasis_75 The purpose of ENORASIS system is to provide automated inspection on the key electrical elements of a substation, using an optical and thermal camera system on a moving robot and performing reliable periodic measurements.

FARCROSS aims to connect the major stakeholders of the energy value chain that will facilitate the “unlocking” of the resources for the cross-border electricity flows and regional cooperation.

FLEXITRANSTORE project shall develop a next generation of Flexible Energy Grid (FEG), which provides the technical basis to support the valorisation of flexibility services, enhancing the existing European Internal Energy Market (IEM). (Completed)

UNITY-6G develops sustainable, energy-efficient and smart 6G infrastructures, leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced technologies for secure and reliable interconnection of different networks.

CAPE is redefining edge-cloud computing with EMDCs and eHPS, providing open, high-density platforms for heterogeneous computing. It employs Infrastructure from Code (IfC) to simplify cloud deployment and ensures digital sovereignty. CAPE is validated in three use cases—smart energy microgrids, edge AI, and satellite communications—benchmarking RISC-V and CXL solutions for performance, cost, and sustainability.

GLACIATION uses emerging digital technologies, such as Distributed Knowledge Graphs and Machine Learning, to provide services for green and privacy preserving data operations across the edge-to-cloud architecture.

InterSCADA_5 InterSCADA aims to develop a comprehensive strategy to address the challenges faced by transmission and distribution system due to the increasing integration of hybrid AC/DC systems, involving the development of a modular InterSCADA platform, the implementation of advanced algorithms for real-time monitoring, control, and ancillary services, rigorous testing methodologies, as well as real-life demonstrators, and providing recommendations for grid codes.

The objective of the project is to facilitate the orchestrated operation of energy systems with increased flexibility, through the HEDGE-IoT Reference Architecture, which aims to establish functional interconnectivity among IoT/edge devices and fog/cloud platforms.

iDesignRES program aims to provide Agencies and energy system actors with open source toolkits for designing and improving systems at national to European level. It enables the design of renewable energy systems through a cloud-based platform, offering high-resolution modeling and detailed representation of the energy system.

Aces develops a series of tools exploiting the various data generated from three pilots aiming to evolve cloud services into advanced, resilient and scalable edge services through hierarchical intelligence and autopoiesis in a geographical distributed environment.

INCODE envisions the design and development of an open platform for the deployment and dynamic management of end user applications, over distributed, heterogeneous and trusted IoT-Edge node infrastructures, with enhanced programmability features and tools at both the network infrastructure level and the service design and operational level.

Smart5Grid aims to revolutionize the Energy Vertical industry through the successful establishment of four demonstration pilots, introducing an open 5G experimental facility, supporting integration, testing and validation of existing and new 5G services and NetApps provided by third party SMEs.

SYNERGY introduces a novel reference big data architecture and platform that leverages data, primary or secondarily related to the electricity domain, coming from diverse sources(APIs, historical data, statistics, sensors/ IoT, weather, energy markets and various other open data sources).

5G-VICTORI conducts large scale trials for advanced vertical use case verification focusing on Transportation, Energy, Media, Smart Factories, and cross-vertical use cases. It leverages 5G network technologies developed in 5G-PPP Phase-1 and Phase-2 and exploits extensively existing facilities interconnecting main sites of all ICT-17 testbeds in a Pan-European Infrastructure.

SYNERGIES introduces a reference Energy Data Space Implementation that will attempt to unleash the data-driven innovation and sharing potential across the energy data value chain by leveraging on data and intelligence coming from diverse energy actors and effectively making them reachable and widely accessible.

ELECTRON aims at delivering a new-generation EPES platform, capable of empowering the resilience of energy systems against cyber, privacy, and data attacks

SDN μSENSE SDN-microSENSE will develop a three-layer security architecture, by deploying and implementing risk assessment processes, self-healing capabilities, large-scale distributed detection and prevention mechanisms, as well as an overlay privacy protection framework. (Completed)

TwinEU is targeting to develop a digital replica of the power grid to improve its management and resilience. This "digital twin" will allow for the research and discovery of new technologies as well as the improvement of grid operation, including RES production forecasting and power supply scheduling.

Crete Valley aims to transition from centralized coal-based power generation systems to distributed renewable energy sources that meet local energy needs by leveraging storage technologies and developing a framework for efficiency improvement, consumer participation and energy security.

OPENTUNITY aims to support grid operators, prosumers, and other market players to create a flexible ecosystem and hence accelerate the grid’s decarbonization.

ENFLATE is targeting the shared use of renewable energy sources and higher penetration of clean energies in power systems, whilst reducing network operational costs and stimulating the sustainable development of new multi-sectoral business models with the participation of consumers/prosumers in energy markets.

OneNet aims at step creating the conditions for a new generation of grid services able to fully exploit demand response, storage and distributed generation, while creating fair, and transparent conditions for the consumers.

Crossbow CROSSBOW will propose the shared use of resources to foster cross-border management of variable renewable energies and storage units, enabling a higher penetration of clean energies whilst reducing network operational costs and improving economic benefits of RES and storage units. (Completed)

CoordiNet aims to demonstrate how DSOs and TSOs shall act in a coordinated manner to procure grid services in the most reliable and efficient way .(Completed)

The THEUS project will develop solutions related to the planning and operation of hybrid AC/DC grids and will validate them in five real grid cases, targeting 10-30% reductions in energy losses and 15-20% in O&M costs. A consortium of 15 partners from 8 EU countries will ensure successful implementation and dissemination of results.

SINNOGENES aims at designing and demonstrating the “Storage INNOvations (SINNO) energy toolkit”, a suite of innovative technologies and applications that render energy storage as the gamechanger for the acceleration of the successful energy transition and sectors decarbonization.

ELECTRON aims at delivering a new-generation EPES platform, capable of empowering the resilience of energy systems against cyber, privacy, and data attacks

FARCROSS aims to connect the major stakeholders of the energy value chain that will facilitate the “unlocking” of the resources for the cross-border electricity flows and regional cooperation.

CoordiNet aims to demonstrate how DSOs and TSOs shall act in a coordinated manner to procure grid services in the most reliable and efficient way .(Completed)

The services and contribution of DRTD, however, are not simply focused around the IPTO and the needs of the Transmission System, but also benefit the entire Electric System in terms of energy efficiency, faster and safer integration of RES, promoting environmental protection, optimising the use of infrastructure, safeguarding system resilience, enriching energy policies and enhancing consumer participation, and improving services to them.

For us, innovation means expanding the horizons for cooperation and development with the outside world thanks to our communication with the participants in the innovation ecosystem to achieve added value for the Company, the Electric System and the whole of Greek society.