The University of West Attica (UNIWA), http://www.uniwa.gr/, was established in 2018, following the merger of Piraeus University of Applied Sciences and Athens University of Applied Sciences, becoming in this way the third biggest University in Greece with over 25.000 students. The University, based on the long and successful tradition of the constituting institutes, provides high-level undergraduate and postgraduate education combined with intensive research activities, maintaining standing strong partnerships with other domestic and foreign educational and research institutes.

UNIWA represented in DARWEN project from the Laboratory of “Soft Energy Applications and Environmental Protection” (SEALAB) http://www.sealab.gr/, in collaboration with the Production Systems Optimization Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, brings together the technical and scientific expertise in the research fields of Energy and Environment and in particular to RES-related Applications, Hybrid Stations (HVS), Energy Storage, Smart Grid Management, Energy Saving, Energy Saving, Energy Saving Water Resources. In more detail and concerning the islandic dimension, the two collaborating labs are active in the following research areas:

• Design and optimization of integrated, clean energy and water solutions for island regions.
• Energy management algorithms and software applications for smart microgrids.
• Energy-related forecasting with the use of various Machine Learning techniques.
• Advanced modeling for energy storage, desalination and electromobility.
• Novel business models for innovative energy products & LC cost-benefit.
• Intelligent management strategies / algorithms and software tools for the optimal management of the energy and water grids.
• Forecasting models (short-term, medium-term and long-term character) with machine learning methods for forecasting electricity demand, RES energy production and key meteorological variables.