Published today, Thursday 16 March 2023 at webpage Ministry of Environment and Energy Program GuideI recycle – I change water heater“.

Under the new program, beneficiary households will be able to receive a subsidy to replace energy-intensive electric water heaters with new, modern technology, solar water heaters.

According to the related announcement, at least 120,000 Greek households will directly benefit from the Recycling – Replacement of Water Heaters program, for which at least 210 million tons of CO2 per year. At the same time, it is expected that electricity consumption for hot water use will be reduced by about 65%.

To be able to subsidize the purchase of a new solar water heater, is mandatory withdrawal To processing from old water heaters Where replaced. Recyclable water heaters must:

• Be in working order until they are removed, which will be confirmed after a general visual inspection.
• Before they can be replaced, they must be placed in the place of residence declared in the application for funding.
• There must be electric water heaters with a capacity of ≥ 40 litres.

The total budget for the program is 100 million euros, which comes from the NSRF for 2014-2020.

Conditions for inclusion of beneficiaries in the program

• Potential beneficiaries of the program are residential consumers located at the place of residence (and not professional) electric water heater.
• Applications are submitted by individuals born before 1 year of age.^V January 2006 and permanently resides in Greece.
• Any individual can apply only one application.
• Beneficiaries with an average annual income per family member exceeding €30,000 are not eligible.
• DV is strong V Subordination application For households, who have applied for or joined another energy saving program such as “Execonomou – Autonomou” or “Execonomou 2021” for example.

Ranking criteria

The final selection of beneficiaries will depend on a combination of economic and social criteria:

• Average annual income per family member.
• Families with disabled members.
• Incomplete families with at least one dependent child.
• Families with dependent members.

Reinforcement height

• Subsidy up to 60% the cost of buying each new solar water heater.
• Each beneficiary will receive a voucher which they can redeem at a provider of their choice.
• Installation costs are also included in the maximum grant amount for beneficiaries.
• The final cost of each check depends on the characteristics of the solar water heater (capacity of the hot water tank), its purchase price and is determined as follows:

Choosing solar water heaters to buy

The program subsidizes the purchase of solar water heaters with the following characteristics:

Minister for the Environment and Energy, Kostas Skrekassaid about it:

“The new Water Heater Recycling Program is designed to provide another significant boost to households and another boost to environmental policy. An electric water heater is the most energy-intensive household appliance and replacing it will significantly reduce the average electricity cost of every Greek household that makes a replacement. At the same time, we are achieving a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, as the rich solar potential of our country will now be used to provide households with hot water. We constantly care about saving energy and protecting the environment, as well as supporting the family budget.”