4th Joint Announcement by IPTO and HEDNO on power limits for PV stations on agricultural land per Regional Unit

Announcement in implementation of No. ΥΠΕΝ/ΔΑΠΕΕΚ/104605/4389 (Government Gazette 5342/B/17.10.2022) Ministerial Decision on photovoltaic stations

05.08.2025

The competent administrators, HEDNO S.A. and IPTO S.A., in accordance with Article 3 of Ministerial Decision ΥΠΕΝ/ΔΑΠΕΕΚ/104605/4389 (Government Gazette B 5342/17.10.2022), which concerns the determination of the maximum total power limit for photovoltaic stations installed on agricultural land, within which the installation of photovoltaic stations ≤ 1 MW on high-productivity agricultural land is permitted per Regional Unit (in MW), shall cooperate to collect all necessary data to ensure that this limit is not exceeded. This data shall be published on their respective websites.

In this context, the attached Table with the remaining power limits for photovoltaic stations ≤ 1 MW on high-productivity agricultural land per Regional Unit is published jointly.

Furthermore, interested parties should note that in Regional Units where the maximum total capacity limit for photovoltaic stations on agricultural land that are connected to the System or the Network, as specified in the above Ministerial Decision, has been reached, the Administrators shall proceed as follows:

  • They shall cease to examine new applications for the granting of a Final Connection Offer for the installation of photovoltaic stations with an installed capacity ≤ 1 MW on high-productivity agricultural land in the areas concerned.

 

  • They shall reject all pending applications for the issuance of a Final Connection Offer for the installation of photovoltaic stations with an installed capacity of ≤ 1 MW on high-productivity agricultural land in the affected areas. This also includes applications for which a Connection Failure has been issued and where the applicant has expressed interest in keeping the request for a Final Connection Offer pending.

 

  • In the case of joint applications for exempt stations under Article 14 of Law 4951/2022, the application shall be rejected to the extent that it concerns stations intended for installation on high-productivity agricultural land. The competent Administrator shall inform the applicant that the request will be processed only for the remaining part of the application. Applications submitted to the System Administrator by October 31, 2024, in accordance with Article 59 of Law 5151/2024 (Government Gazette A 173/04.11.2024), shall be examined only if the total capacity of the remaining stations in the application exceeds 8 MW. Joint applications submitted after October 31, 2024, in accordance with the same Article, shall be examined only if the total capacity of the request with the remaining stations exceeds 10 MW.

 

  • They shall continue to examine pending or new joint applications or stand-alone applications relating to these Regional Units, provided that the stations comprising these applications are installed on land/plots of land that are not classified as high-productivity agricultural land or are exempt by law from the relevant installation restrictions.

In all other respects, the provisions of Ministerial Decision ΥΠΕΝ/ΔΑΠΕΕΚ/104605/4389 (Government Gazette B 5342/17.10.2022) shall apply.