PHAETHON Centre of Excellence

PHAETHON CoE is being established through the eponymous Teaming for Excellence Horizon Europe project, representing the evolution and upgrade of the University of Cyprus FOSS Research Centre for Sustainable Energy, towards a world-class autonomous Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (CoE).

The Centre aims to serve as a catalyst for excellence in the energy field, focusing on the development of solutions and applications that can address a wide range of contemporary global energy challenges. Driven by the timely energy transition and prevailing climate change challenges, the Research and Innovation (R&I) focus of PHAETHON CoE is on intelligent, efficient, and sustainable energy solutions, aligned to the European Green Deal priorities.

This remit places PAHETHON CoE at the heart of the energy ecosystem in Cyprus, the surrounding region, and worldwide, to ensure a more sustainable and secure energy future.

The PHAETHON CoE research themes include:
o renewable energy sources and grid integration,
o storage and e-mobility,
o smart grids and intelligent energy,
o green hydrogen,
o energy socioeconomics, multi-level governance and environmental sustainability.

Moreover, the Centre’s research focus represents a key area of significant growth potential and high priority for:
o Cyprus — the green and digital energy transition are completely aligned with the Smart Specialisation Strategy of Cyprus.
o the European Union — addressing the EU Climate Action, European Green Deal, and REPowerEU initiatives.

About Project PHAETHON
The PHAETHON Teaming Project was submitted and awarded funding under the prestigious Horizon Europe “Teaming for Excellence” Call for Proposals. Along with the University of Cyprus (UCY), the other partners in the consortium are the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cyprus Seeds, the Technical University of Denmark, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.