Greek Law – Summary

A summary of the Greek PV legislation

The first Greek legislation for PV was introduced in 2006 (L.3468/06) offering generous feed-in-tariffs and setting the details for authorisation of PV systems.

New renewable energy legislation (Law 3851/2010) was passed by the Greek Parliament in mid-2010 bringing important changes in the legal-administrative framework. Furthermore, there were some new Ministerial Decisions which have lifted certain bureaucratic barriers.

More specifically:

• New applications for large PV systems can now be filed to the Regulatory Authority for Energy (such applications were previously frozen).
• Production (electricity generation) license is not needed for systems <1 MWp.
• Rooftop systems of any size do not require environmental permitting any more, while procedures have become easier for ground-mounted systems.
• Residential systems can now be installed in all regions (previous regulations excluded the autonomous island grids).
• Applications previously excluded (such as facades, louvers, warehouses, carports, etc) are now feasible in the residential sector.
• PV systems on historical buildings can now be deployed under a special authorisation procedure.
• Installation of PV systems on prime agricultural land is now allowed with certain limitations.
• A 150 €/kWp bank guarantee is needed for ground-mounted systems up to 1 MWp before the signing of a grid connection contract.

Incentives for PV