On 4 June 2010 Greece, issued the new law (No. 3851/2010) for renewable energies. The new law should create conditions to achieve the objectives for the year 2020 set by the European Union. In additions new action plans has been decided to encourage households and industry. Furthermore, the licensing regime for the supply of electricity from renewable energy sources has been made easier and faster.

The government's target for electricity generation from photovoltaic systems for the year 2014 has been set to 1500 MW and 2200 MW for 2020.