Solar installations
in
Greece
jumped by 300 MW in January, as investors
hurried to conclude their projects before the end of the month, when the 18
month period provided by the government to lock the previous, higher feed in tariff
would end.
More
specifically, the exact amount was 297 MW, while in
Germany
, only 275 MW were installed during
the same month. While this may seem like good news for the development of
renewable energy in
Greece
, the government and the market
operator, LAGIE, are worried about the ever increasing cost of photovoltaics
and are planning new measures to compensate.
Right now,
the deficit of the special renewables account stands at around 310 million
euros and according to LAGIE’s projections, it is going to climb this year and
the next to reach 1,3 billion euros by the end of 2014 if the government doesn’t
take new measures.
As for the
near future, Greek solar associations expect a new spike in installations until
March 11.