The FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy is strongly involved and participates in a large number of European and local research projects. See below the list of selected projects.
UAV-based decision-making and modular approach to support PV plant diagnosis using EL, RGB, IRT imagery, correlated with electrical data ana...
Funding Agency:
Research and Innovation Foundation; SOLAR-ERA.NET
Date:
01/02/2021 – 31/07/2023
Urban sustainable development SOLutions Valuing Entrepreneurship.
Funding Agency:
ENI CBC Med
Date:
Date: 15/10/2020 - 14/04/2023
Joint undergAduate coUrses for smart eNergy managemenT sYstems
Funding Agency:
Erasmus +
Date:
09/2020 - 08/2023
GreEn Energy Hubs for Local IntegRated Energy Communities optimisatioN: Optimising the design and operation of local energy communities.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
11/2020 - 10/2024
European Research Infrastructure supporting Smart Grid Systems Technology Development, Validation and Roll Out II.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
04/2020 - 08/2024
Increase Friendly Integration of Reliable PV plants considering different market segments.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
09/2020 - 08/2024
Modernising the distribution grid for enabling high penetration of photovoltaic electricity through advanced data analytic operational obser...
Funding Agency:
Integrated Projects – Smart Growth / RIF
Date:
06/2020 - 06/2023
Education for digitalisation of energy.
Funding Agency:
Erasmus + KA2
Date:
01/2020 - 12/2022
Digitising and transforming European industry and services: digital innovation hubs and platforms
Funding Agency:
Solar Era Net/ RPF
Date:
01/2020 - 06/2023
Reducing the photovoltaic operation and maintenance (O&M) costs through an advanced online platform.
Funding Agency:
Research Promotion Foundation
Date:
12/2019 - 12/2022
A novel smart grid architecture that facilitates high RES penetration through innovative markets towards efficient interaction between advan...
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
10/2019 - 09/2022
Cost-effective rehabilitation of public buildings into smart and resilient nano-grids using storage.
Funding Agency:
ENI CBC MED
Date:
09/2019- 09/2022
Early and reliable detection of degradation and failures in photovoltaics for improved lifetime output
Funding Agency:
University of Cyprus
Date:
07/2019 - 06/2021
Innovative Design for Improved Application of Glass BIPVs on Buildings
Funding Agency:
Research Promotion Foundation
Date:
05/2019 - 05/2021
Ensuring an optimum and reliable photovoltaic performance.
Funding Agency:
RPF
Date:
05/2019 - 05/2021
Advanced photovoltaic system monitoring and analytics solution enhanced with intelligent interoperable data-driven features for efficient bi...
Funding Agency:
Solar Era Net/ RPF
Date:
02/2019 - 02/2022
Pan European Technology Energy Research Approach.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
01/2019 - 12/2023
Advanced centre for testing degradation and failures in new and emerging solar cells.
Funding Agency:
RESTART/ RPF
Date:
12/2018 - 06/2023
CIGS- and CZTSSe-based Thin Film Solar Cells fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition for terrestrial and space applications
Funding Agency:
UCY
Date:
11/2018 - 10/2021
Twinning in atmospheric plasma science and applications.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020, Twinning Action from EU
Date:
11/2018 - 10/2021
Unified DR interoperability framework enabling market participation of active energy consumers.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
09/2018 - 08/2021
Future tamper-proof demand response framework through self-configured, self-optimized and collaborative virtual distributed energy nodes.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
05/2018 - 04/2021
Enabling rising penetration and added value of photovoltaic generation by implementation of advanced storage systems
Funding Agency:
Research Innovation Foundation; SOLAR ERANET COFUND.
Date:
05/2018 - 10/2021
Efficient Structures and Processes for Reliable Perovskite Solar Modules
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
04/2018 - 03/2021
Integrated operation planning tool towards the Pan-European Network Funding
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
11/2017 - 10/2020
High level renewable and energy efficency Master courses
Funding Agency:
Erasmus+
Date:
10/2017 - 10/2020
Advanced Teaching and training on Smart grid and Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Systems/AT‐SGIRES.
Funding Agency:
Erasmus+
Date:
10/2017 - 10/2020
Innovative compact HYbrid electrical/thermal storage systems for low energy BUILDings.
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
10/2017 - 09/2021
Performance and reliability of photovoltaic systems: Evaluations of large-scale monitoring data.
Funding Agency:
COST
Date:
09/2017 - 08/2021
Enhancing hydrogen new profiles for the coming European “green” energy model” is a three-year strategic partnership at international l...
Funding Agency:
Erasmus+
Date:
09/2017 - 08/2020
Enhancing storage integration in buildings with Photovoltaics
Funding Agency:
Balkan Med
Date:
08/2017 - 03/2020
Innovative Forecasting PV Energy Yield Solution for Sustainable Large Scale Deployment
Funding Agency:
SOLAR-ERA.NET
Date:
02/2017 - 02/2020
Best practices and implementation of innovative business models for renewable energy aggregators
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
2017 - 2020
Integrated smart GRID cross-functional solutions for optimized synergetic energy distribution, utilization storage technologies
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
2016 - 2020
Promoting effective generation and sustainable uses of electricity.
Funding Agency:
MED
Date:
09/2016 - 03/2019
Promotion of higher penetration of distributed PV through storage for all
Funding Agency:
MED
Date:
09/2016 - 03/2019
Innovative Performance Monitoring System for Improved Reliability and Optimized Levelized Cost of Electricity.
Funding Agency:
SOLAR-ERA.NET
Date:
1/04/2016 - 1/01/2019
Generalized operational FLEXibility for integrating renewables in the distribution grid
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
1/1/2016 - 1/11/2019
Stimulating scientific excellence through twinning in the quest for sustainable energy
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
1/01/2016 - 1/01/2019
Development of quality system through enerGy efficiency Cources.
Funding Agency:
ERASMUS+
Date:
15/10/2015 - 14/10/2018
Development of innovative educational material for building integrated photovoltaics
Funding Agency:
ERASMUS+
Date:
1/09/2015 - 1/09/2018
Early and reliable detection of degradation in photovoltaics.
Funding Agency:
Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation
Date:
1/06/2015 - 1/06/2017
Meeting of Energy professional Needs
Funding Agency:
Horizon 2020
Date:
1/03/2015 - 31/08/2017
European quality Course system for Renewable Energy Development.
Funding Agency:
ERASMUS+
Date:
2015 - 2018
Spectrally tuned solar cells for improved energy harvesting
Funding Agency:
European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus
Date:
2013 - 2015
Smart net metering for promotion and cost-efficient grid-integration of PV technology in Cyprus.
Funding Agency:
LIFE+
Date:
2013 - 2017
Reliable assessment of degradation in new thin-film photovoltaic technologies
Funding Agency:
European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus
Date:
2013 - 2015
The project proposes to study the real outdoor performance of a number of crystalline, thin-film and concentrator PV (CPV) systems.
Funding Agency:
Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus
Date:
2009 - 2014
Electromagnetic low frequency map of Cyprus
Funding Agency:
Electricity Authority of Cyprus
Date:
2016 - 2024
Main energy transition challenge is to ensure seamless renewable energy and distributed energy resource (DER) integration
Funding Agency:
University of Cyprus
Date:
2024-2025
Advanced AI-driven Energy Management System for Photovoltaic-powered and Battery integrated Electric Vehicle charging stations.
Funding Agency:
University of Cyprus
Date:
2024