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Greece's electricity generation from solar photovoltaics reached roughly ** terawatt hours in 2024. In that year, Greece was the seventh-largest solar PV electricity producer in the European Union. Germany and Spain led the region’s solar energy generation with more than ** and ** gigawatt hours produced in 2024.  

Greece’s solar energy industry

The solar PV sector in Greece has gained momentum in the last few years. After a period of stagnation, solar PV investments in the country started increasing in 2019 and reached *** billion euros in 2023. Similarly, employment in the solar sector has presented a growing trend in the last four years. In 2023, there were roughly * direct and indirect jobs in Greece’s solar PV industry.  

Solar PV installations in Greece

Between 2019 and 2024, Greece increased its solar photovoltaic capacity by more than double, reaching *** gigawatts in the latter year. Regionally, Central Greece concentrates roughly one-quarter of the solar capacity installed across the country. Central Macedonia and Thessalia are also important regions for solar, each accounting for ** percent of the total capacity. In 2022, more than half of the solar systems installed in Greece were below the size of *** kilowatts.