Serbian SME providing Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation and testing for battery storage, demand response, and cyber-physical energy systems.
Tajfun HIL is a Serbian SME specializing in Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation and testing platforms for energy and power electronics systems. They develop real-time simulation environments used to validate battery management systems, energy management controllers, and grid-connected devices before physical deployment. Their work spans demand response technologies, hybrid battery storage systems, and cyber-physical energy system tools — consistently providing the simulation and digital testing layer that de-risks hardware development. Based in Novi Sad, Serbia's tech hub, they bridge the gap between software simulation and physical energy hardware.
Core competency reflected in company name (HIL) and consistent role across all five projects spanning demand response, EV digitalization, battery storage, and cyber-physical systems.
HYBRIS focuses on hybrid Li-Ion/redox flow battery systems with BMS and EMS validation; CREATORS addresses community-scale energy storage.
DRIVE targeted demand response in distribution networks; CREATORS explored community energy systems with grid interaction.
PANDA project developed advanced digitalization architecture for models of electrified vehicles.
InnoCyPES (2021-2025) develops innovative tools for cyber-physical energy systems, combining digitalization with energy policy.
HYBRIS project specifically addresses organic redox flow batteries (ORFB) alongside Li-Ion in hybrid configurations.
Tajfun HIL entered H2020 in 2017 with broad energy digitalization work — demand response (DRIVE) and electrified vehicle modeling (PANDA) — establishing their HIL simulation credentials across transport and energy. From 2020 onward, their focus sharpened significantly toward battery storage technologies (hybrid Li-Ion/redox flow systems in HYBRIS) and cyber-physical energy system tools (InnoCyPES), with strong keywords around BMS, EMS, energy density, and cost reduction. The shift signals a deliberate move from general energy simulation toward specialized battery and storage system validation.
Tajfun HIL is concentrating on battery storage system testing and digital twin tools for energy infrastructure — positioning them well for the growing European battery manufacturing and grid flexibility markets.
Tajfun HIL participates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — typical for a specialized SME that contributes deep technical capability without carrying the administrative burden of project management. With 68 unique partners across 15 countries from just 5 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia and are clearly comfortable integrating into multinational teams. This broad partner network suggests they are a reliable, low-friction technical contributor that larger organizations trust to deliver simulation and testing components.
Despite being a small Serbian company, Tajfun HIL has built a remarkably wide network of 68 partners across 15 countries through just 5 projects. This pan-European reach, well beyond the Western Balkans, reflects their acceptance as a credible technical partner by leading energy research consortia.
Tajfun HIL offers a rare combination: a nimble SME with deep Hardware-in-the-Loop expertise applied specifically to energy storage and grid systems. While large simulation companies serve many industries generically, Tajfun HIL has built focused domain knowledge across batteries, demand response, and cyber-physical energy — making them a precise fit for consortia that need real-time testing of power electronics and energy management controllers. Their Serbian base also brings cost-competitive engineering talent and strengthens Widening Country participation in proposals.
