Schedule for competitive procedures in 2019 and 2020
(Article by Mira Todorovic Symeonides – Partner and Nikoleta Nikolaou – Associate, published in the Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter of the ILO on August 5, 2019)
Competitive procedure amendments
In April 2019 the minister of environment and energy amended the competitive procedures for
determining operating state aid granted as feed-in premiums for 2019 and 2020 (Decision
34495/1107 (OJ Β’ 1341/2019)).
According to the new schedule, in 2019 there will be at least:
one territorially determined competitive procedure to cover capacities for the new Nea
Makri-Evia connection (such capacities have yet to be decided), whose initial auctioning price
has been determined at €65 per MWh; and
one regular competitive procedure determined by technology for two categories:
500kW to 20MW (with a maximum offered capacity of 400MW and an initial auctioning
price of €69.26 per MWh) for photovoltaic (PV) projects; and
3MW (6MW for energy communities) to 50MW (with a maximum offered capacity of
430MW and an initial auctioning price of €69.18 per MWh) for wind projects.
Notably, smaller plants (both wind and PV) may also participate.
Further, in 2020 there will be at least:
one joint wind and PV competitive procedure for large projects with a maximum offered
capacity of 500MW; and
one regular competitive procedure determined by technology for the following categories:
500kW to 20MW (with a maximum offered capacity of 300MW (increased for the
remainder of 2019)) for PV projects; and
3MW (6MW for energy communities) to 50MW (with a maximum offered capacity of
300MW (increased for the remainder of 2019) for wind projects, including those with
an installed capacity of up to 60kW (with a maximum offered capacity of 20MW).
The initial price for the other competitive procedures will be determined as the average between the
initial price and the weighted average price achieved in the previous competitive procedure for the
same technology and category.
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