A key component in TIGON's hybrid microgrid innovations is the solid-state transformer (SST), and our work in this area was presented at the recent PCIM event in Germany

Experts from Japan's national research and development agency NEDO have visited one of our demo sites – CIEMAT in Soria – to get first-hand knowledge of the project's work on DC/AC hybrid grids.

For a long time now, there has been a drive to integrate renewables into the electricity networks. And now the energy crisis is biting as we head for winter, against a backdrop of war in Ukraine.

Greece's Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH) – partner in the European project TIGON – has produced a paper on optimal decision-support systems for microgrids and their use in emergencies

A project specialising in solid-state transformer technologies - SSTAR - is now a fellow project in addition to the HYPERRIDE project

Our project has been included in a good practice brochure, issued by the Renewable Grids Initiative, in the category "technology innovation and system integration".

In mid-October, the TIGON team met in Thessaloniki, Greece, for its first in-person meeting. At the midway point in this four-year project, we looked at overall progress towards our goal to offer a new hybrid microgrid solution.

As part of a European research project, Spain's Centre for Energy and Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) has published a paper explaining a new case study for hybrid microgrids

In September, our demo site partner CEA participated in a workshop and site visit at one of the demo sites of fellow project HYPERRIDE – the Swiss science and technology institution EPFL in Lausanne. As a pilot site operator, EPFL integrates AC-DC hybrid microgrids with different types of generation and storage linked to a ready MVAC grid.