Greek Parliament gives green light to a new PV law
Posted by Debasish Choudhury on 20 January 2009 at 10:11
A new PV law was introduced in Greece on January 15th 2009,
amending the legislation originally voted in mid-2006.
The new PV law:
- Sets a deadline for issuing permits. By the end of 2009, all
applications that have been submitted so far (more than 3 GWp) must
be dealt with and approved or rejected (this deadline is set for
the first permit needed, the so called “Production License”).
- Abolishes the unofficial cap of 0.8 GWp that was set by previous
decisions. No cap will be valid as of now on.
- Announces a separate program for rooftop PV with different
feed-in-tariffs (FIT) guaranteed for 20 years. Details of this
program will be announced later this year.
- Introduces a tender process for PV systems >10 MWp. Details on
how this is going to work are expected later in the year.
- It is yet unclear when RAE will receive new applications
(probably after 2009). Until then, a newcomer has the option of
acquiring an existing company which has a permit.
- New feed-in-tariffs (FIT) are set. These tariffs are guaranteed
for 20 years. FITs will be adjusted annually for inflation (25% of
last year’s Consumer Price Index). FITs will remain unchanged for
the next two years. There will be a regression of FITs as of Aug.
2010. However, one can sign a grid connection agreement thus
locking the FIT before this deadline, and then get another 18
months to finalize installation. In practice, this means that FITs
remain unchanged till early 2012.
The new tariffs will start at €400/MWh in February for 100 kilowatt
peak systems and €450/MWh for systems less and equal to 100
kilowatt peak on the mainland.
Präsentation:
http://www.helapco.gr/library/19-01-09/New_PV_Law_Greece_19J…