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Their core work

Public Power Corporation (PPC/DEI) is Greece's dominant electricity utility, responsible for power generation, transmission, and distribution across the country. In H2020 projects, they contribute real-world grid infrastructure, operational data, and pilot sites for testing cybersecurity solutions, smart grid technologies, and energy transition tools. Their participation provides essential large-scale validation environments — researchers get access to a national-scale power system operator, while PPC absorbs innovations in grid resilience, energy efficiency, and digitalization back into their operations.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

PPC's early H2020 engagement (2017-2019) centered on core grid operations: cross-border renewable energy management, energy system modeling, and the first wave of power grid cybersecurity projects. From 2020 onward, their focus broadened significantly toward social and environmental dimensions — energy poverty alleviation, behavioral insights for efficiency, circular economy water treatment, and industrial 5G connectivity. This shift mirrors the European energy sector's pivot from purely technical grid modernization to addressing the societal and environmental consequences of the energy transition.

PPC is moving from infrastructure-focused R&D toward the social, environmental, and digital layers of the energy transition — expect growing interest in citizen engagement, AI-driven grid management, and green industrial processes.

How they like to work

PPC participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — consistent with their role as an end-user and validation partner rather than a research leader. With 203 unique partners across 33 countries from just 12 projects, they join large, diverse consortia (averaging 17+ partners per project). This makes them an accessible and experienced consortium member who understands large-project dynamics and can reliably deliver pilot-site access and real operational data.

PPC has built an exceptionally wide network of 203 distinct partners spanning 33 countries through only 12 projects, reflecting their presence in large pan-European consortia. Their geographic reach covers virtually all EU member states, with particular strength in Eastern and Southeastern European energy collaborations.

What sets them apart

PPC brings something most research partners cannot: a real, national-scale electricity grid as a living laboratory. For any consortium needing to validate smart grid, cybersecurity, or energy efficiency solutions on actual critical infrastructure — not just simulations — PPC is one of very few utilities in Southern and Eastern Europe actively opening their systems to EU research projects. Their dual track in both technical grid security and social energy policy also makes them a rare bridge between engineering-driven and policy-driven consortia.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CreepUT
  Largest single grant (EUR 607K) — focused on ultrasonic non-destructive testing for detecting subsurface defects, directly tied to maintaining aging power generation infrastructure.
• PHOENIX
  Comprehensive EPES cybersecurity project combining GDPR compliance, large-scale pilot validation, and self-healing grid capabilities — the most complete expression of PPC's grid security expertise.
• intelWATT
  Unexpected diversification into water treatment and circular economy, combining membrane technology with energy production — signals PPC's expanding environmental ambitions beyond electricity.