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Applications to generate electricity from solar plants continue to surge, reflecting the sector’s revival in the country.

Greece’s fourth tender exercise for renewables this year took place on Monday and allocated solar and wind power projects in separate sections of the procurement round.

The country’s PV market has heated up, a fact reflected by the number of applications submitted to the energy regulator seeking a license to generate electricity.

Greece has run solar tenders on three different occasions in the past year, awarding a total of 546 MW of new PV capacity. In all three instances, Greek consumers were manipulated and the country’s institutions did little to protect them.

The energy ministry has published a plan for renewables auctions for this year and next. Under the program, Greece’s energy regulator has announced the next PV tender will take place in the summer.

Solar power has broken two records. It offered the lowest tariff in Greece’s first joint PV-wind tender – a payment level that is also the lowest ever awarded a Greek PV project.

Energy regulator RAE has announced the country’s first joint solar and wind energy auction, which will be held on April 15.

The amount of new PV added by Greece in 2018 is tiny but signals the sector has been restarted, mainly thanks to renewable energy tenders. However, significant challenges remain when it comes to meeting a 2020 solar energy target.

Greece’s energy regulator has postponed the date of the country’s next solar PV and wind power tender. It will now take place on December 10. The Greek regulator has also provided further details on the regulations governing the new tenders.

In a somewhat shocking move, Greece’s energy regulator, RAE has disqualified almost half of the entries to the forthcoming solar PV tender, set to take place next week.