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Production (electricity generation) licenses are
not needed for systems <1 MWp.
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Rooftop systems of any size do not any more
require environmental permitting, while proce-
dures have become easier for ground-mount-
ed systems.
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Residential systems can now be installed in all
regions (previous regulations excluded
autonomous island grids).
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Applications previously excluded (such as
facades, louvers, warehouses, carports, etc.)
are now feasible in the residential sector.
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A 150 euro/kWp bank guarantee is needed for
ground-mounted systems up to 1 MWp before
the signing of a grid connection contract.
As a result of these positive developments, thou-
sands of potential investors have expressed interest
in PVs. This has led to a grid bottleneck, as it is prac-
tically impossible to facilitate the connection of all
these systems at once. It will therefore take some
time before many of these projects can take off.
In 2011, despite the deep financial crisis, the
Greek PV market nearly tripled compared to the
previous year. Newly installed capacity reached
426 MWp in 2011 and is expected to reach 600 to
700 MWp in 2012. Last year, Greece was in the
top-ten worldwide in regard to newly-installed PV
capacity. PV is probably the only sector which
shows strong development trends in Greece. This
development has created thousands of new jobs.
Some 8,425 full-time jobs in the manufacturing,
installation and servicing of PV systems have
been created in the last five years. Five manufac-
turing plants are now operating in the country,
and thousands of companies are offering their
services in trading, procuring and installing pho-
tovoltaics. In the meantime, the Greek govern-
ment has set a target of 2,200 MWp by 2020, a
target which, although one of the best in Europe
on a percentage basis, seems rather conserva-
tive when considering the current boom.
Trade with Greece
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2011
February 0.372
0.419
0.550
August
0.351
0.394
0.550
2012
February 0.292
0.328
0.495
August
0.272
0.305
0.470
2013
February 0.252
0.284
0.447
August
0.235
0.264
0.424
2014
February 0.218
0.246
0.403
August
0.203
0.229
0.383
Year ‘n’ from 2015 onwards
SMP= System Marginal Price
1.3*SMPn-1 1.4*SMPn-1 -5% every six months
Tariff Payment
20 years
25 years
Year
Month
Ground mounted Systems
and Rooftops >10 kWp
(€/kWh)
> 100 kWp ≤100 kWp
Rooftop Systems <10 kWp
(€/kWh)