Greece sees 4% increase in installed PV capacity

January 3, 2013
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Mainland Greece installed 39MW of grid-connected PV capacity in November 2012, according to the Hellenic Transmission System Operator.

With 1,057MW in total, the Peloponnese region has the most installed capacity with 196MW, followed by the South Aegean which has 157MW installed.

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There was also a 21MW increase in rooftop PV (installations under 10kW).

This comes amid complaints to the European Union against cutbacks on renewables spending by the Greek government from the European PV Association, the Greek PV association as well as several foreign and Greek renewable energy investors.

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