[Solar: Greece proposes 800W balcony PV and self-consumption reforms]

Published: Jul 23, 2026 10:33 (GMT+8)

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Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy is proposing reforms covering the development, installation and grid connection of renewable energy systems for self-consumption. The draft would allow balcony PV systems of up to 800W for the first time, though they would not be permitted to inject electricity into the grid and would need to meet safety requirements. The reforms also include standalone residential battery storage for self-consumption, collective self-consumption in apartments and residential complexes, and third-party development of self-consumption systems on behalf of consumers. Greece also plans to accelerate smart meter deployment and create an electronic self-consumption registry. More than 37,400 self-consumption systems totaling around 1.07GW have been commissioned in Greece since 2020.

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