Solar panel grants in Cyprus reopen on 20 October 2026 after nine months with nothing available. The budget is €20 million, it is first come first served, and the paperwork you need takes weeks to prepare.
Solar panel grants in Cyprus reopen on 20 October 2026 after nine months with nothing available. The budget is €20 million, it is first come first served, and the paperwork you need takes weeks to prepare.
Solar grant scheme in Cyprus are paid through the Εξοικονομώ – Αναβαθμίζω στις Κατοικίες scheme, which the Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry runs. Its third call was published on 30 September 2026 and it is the first scheme since the end of 2025 to pay anything towards home solar.
From 09:00, online only
At 23:59, or earlier if the €20m runs out
These are not grants for solar panels on their own. The scheme funds a whole-home energy upgrade, and solar is one part of it. To receive anything you must also insulate part of the house and cut its energy use by at least 60%. An application for panels and a battery alone will be rejected.
Grants are fixed amounts per kW and per kWh, not a percentage of your invoice. There are two rates, and the increased one more than doubles what you get for panels.
Solar panel and battery grant rates
| What you install | Standard | Increased |
|---|---|---|
| Solar panelsMaximum 10 kW, connected to your electricity account | €450 per kW | €1,000 per kW |
| Battery storageMaximum 4 kWh, storing energy from the panels | €720 per kWh | €960 per kWh |
| At the maximum sizes10 kW of panels plus 4 kWh of storage | €7,380 | €13,840 |
The scheme also pays for the building work you have to do to qualify.
The other work the scheme funds You need at least one of the first three to qualify at all.
| Work | Standard | Increased |
|---|---|---|
| Roof and floor insulation | €30 per m² | €40 per m² |
| Wall insulation | €40 per m² | €55 per m² |
| New windows and doors | €200 per m² | €265 per m² |
| External shading | €135 per m² | €180 per m² |
| Solar water heater | €885 | €1,180 |
| Air conditioning, up to 4 kW | €290 per unit | €390 per unit |
| Air conditioning, over 4 kW | €525 per unit | €700 per unit |
| Heat pump | €3,225 | €4,300 |
| Energy assessor's fee | €3.75 per m² | €5 per m² |
Four rules do most of the filtering.
It must have been connected to the electricity grid before 1 January 2008, or have had its planning or building permit application submitted before 21 December 2007. Newer houses are not eligible at all.
Every application needs at least one of: roof and floor insulation, wall insulation, or new windows and doors.
Measured by an energy performance certificate before and after. This is why the scheme funds insulation, heating and solar together rather than any one of them.
The guide is explicit that photovoltaic systems operating under net metering are not eligible investments. Since net metering closed to new connections at the end of 2025, this mainly affects anyone hoping to extend an older system.
Also required. The house must not belong to a company, must not be rented to a company, and must not be used for business for five years after the grant is paid. A house rented by one individual to another is fine if it is a long-term let for permanent residence. You may submit one application, for one house. You cannot claim for work already funded by an earlier call or another scheme.
The increased rate takes the solar grant from €450 to €1,000 per kW. On a 10 kW system that is the difference between €4,500 and €10,000. Four groups qualify.
The ministry decides this strictly by postcode, taken from the address on your electricity bill. If your postcode is not on the list, the house does not count as a mountain area however high up it is.
All 191 mountain communities from Appendix C of the scheme guide.
Type a four-digit postcode to check it.
| Postcode | Community | District |
|---|---|---|
| 7711 | Agioi Vavatsinias | Larnaka |
| 7714 | Kato Drys | Larnaka |
| 7716 | Melini | Larnaka |
| 7718 | Odou | Larnaka |
| 7719 | Ora | Larnaka |
| 7712 | Vavatsinia | Larnaka |
| 2820 | Agia Eirini Lefkosias | Lefkosia |
| 2772 | Agia Marina Xyliatou | Lefkosia |
| 2610 | Agios Epifanios Oreinis | Lefkosia |
| 2821 | Agios Epifanios Soleas | Lefkosia |
| 2773 | Agios Georgios Kafkallou | Lefkosia |
| 2825 | Agios Nikolaos Stegis | Lefkosia |
| 2823 | Agios Theodoros Soleas | Lefkosia |
| 2951 | Agios Theodoros Tillirias | Lefkosia |
| 2953 | Alevga | Lefkosia |
| 2750 | Alithinou | Lefkosia |
| 2751 | Alona | Lefkosia |
| 2613 | Apliki | Lefkosia |
| 2752 | Askas | Lefkosia |
| 2828 | Dasikos Stathmos Kapouras | Lefkosia |
| 2829 | Dasikos Stathmos Platanion | Lefkosia |
| 2831 | Evrychou | Lefkosia |
| 2620 | Farmakas | Lefkosia |
| 2623 | Fikardou | Lefkosia |
| 2758 | Fterikoudi | Lefkosia |
| 2827 | Galata | Lefkosia |
| 2861 | Gerakies | Lefkosia |
| 2615 | Gourri | Lefkosia |
| 2800 | Kakopetria | Lefkosia |
| 2832 | Kaliana | Lefkosia |
| 2616 | Kalo Chorio Oreinis | Lefkosia |
| 2862 | Kalopanagiotis | Lefkosia |
| 2619 | Kampi | Lefkosia |
| 2863 | Kampos | Lefkosia |
| 2834 | Kannavia | Lefkosia |
| 2645 | Kapedes | Lefkosia |
| 2843 | Kato Flasou | Lefkosia |
| 2770 | Kato Koutrafas | Lefkosia |
| 2940 | Kato Pyrgos | Lefkosia |
| 2835 | Katydata | Lefkosia |
| 2955 | Kokkina | Lefkosia |
| 2836 | Korakou | Lefkosia |
| 2846 | Kourdali | Lefkosia |
| 2753 | Lagoudera | Lefkosia |
| 2618 | Lazanias | Lefkosia |
| 2845 | Linou | Lefkosia |
| 2754 | Livadia Lefkosias | Lefkosia |
| 2958 | Mansoura | Lefkosia |
| 2865 | Moni Kykkou | Lefkosia |
| 2621 | Moni Machaira | Lefkosia |
| 2959 | Mosfili | Lefkosia |
| 2866 | Moutoullas | Lefkosia |
| 2864 | Mylikouri | Lefkosia |
| 2777 | Nikitari | Lefkosia |
| 2867 | Oikos | Lefkosia |
| 2961 | Pachyammos | Lefkosia |
| 2740 | Palaichori Morfou | Lefkosia |
| 2745 | Palaichori Oreinis | Lefkosia |
| 2844 | Pano Flasou | Lefkosia |
| 2771 | Pano Koutrafas | Lefkosia |
| 2950 | Pano Pyrgos | Lefkosia |
| 2850 | Pedoulas | Lefkosia |
| 2962 | Pigenia | Lefkosia |
| 2755 | Platanistasa | Lefkosia |
| 2756 | Polystypos | Lefkosia |
| 2780 | Potami | Lefkosia |
| 2757 | Saranti | Lefkosia |
| 2964 | Selladi tou Appi | Lefkosia |
| 2839 | Sinaoros | Lefkosia |
| 2840 | Skouriotissa | Lefkosia |
| 2841 | Spilia | Lefkosia |
| 2868 | Stathmos Orgonta | Lefkosia |
| 2842 | Temvria | Lefkosia |
| 2869 | Tsakistra | Lefkosia |
| 2774 | Vyzakia | Lefkosia |
| 2781 | Xyliatos | Lefkosia |
| 4710 | Agios Amvrosios Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4842 | Agios Dimitrios | Lemesos |
| 4740 | Agios Georgios Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4871 | Agios Ioannis Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4561 | Agios Konstantinos | Lemesos |
| 4741 | Agios Mamas | Lemesos |
| 4562 | Agios Pavlos | Lemesos |
| 4870 | Agios Theodoros Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4711 | Agios Therapon | Lemesos |
| 4872 | Agridia | Lemesos |
| 4860 | Agros | Lemesos |
| 4501 | Akapnou | Lemesos |
| 4712 | Alassa | Lemesos |
| 4541 | Apesia | Lemesos |
| 4542 | Apsiou | Lemesos |
| 4563 | Arakapas | Lemesos |
| 4770 | Arsos Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4875 | Chandria | Lemesos |
| 4841 | Dasiko Kolegio Kyprou | Lemesos |
| 4564 | Dierona | Lemesos |
| 4774 | Dora | Lemesos |
| 4750 | Doros | Lemesos |
| 4873 | Dymes | Lemesos |
| 4506 | Eptagonia | Lemesos |
| 4814 | Foini | Lemesos |
| 4543 | Gerasa | Lemesos |
| 4773 | Gerovasa | Lemesos |
| 4566 | Kalo Chorio Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4843 | Kaminaria | Lemesos |
| 4544 | Kapileio | Lemesos |
| 4810 | Kato Amiantos | Lemesos |
| 4714 | Kato Kivides | Lemesos |
| 4874 | Kato Mylos | Lemesos |
| 4815 | Kato Platres | Lemesos |
| 4500 | Kellaki | Lemesos |
| 4775 | Kissousa | Lemesos |
| 4507 | Klonari | Lemesos |
| 4776 | Koilani | Lemesos |
| 4545 | Korfi | Lemesos |
| 4743 | Kouka | Lemesos |
| 4876 | Kyperounta | Lemesos |
| 4744 | Laneia | Lemesos |
| 4844 | Lemithou | Lemesos |
| 4546 | Limnatis | Lemesos |
| 4716 | Lofou | Lemesos |
| 4560 | Louvaras | Lemesos |
| 4777 | Malia | Lemesos |
| 4778 | Mandria Lemesou | Lemesos |
| 4746 | Monagri | Lemesos |
| 4847 | Moni Panagias Trikoukkiotissis | Lemesos |
| 4812 | Moni Trooditissis | Lemesos |
| 4747 | Moniatis | Lemesos |
| 4552 | Monte Korfi | Lemesos |
| 4760 | Omodos | Lemesos |
| 4700 | Pachna | Lemesos |
| 4845 | Palaiomylos | Lemesos |
| 4811 | Pano Amiantos | Lemesos |
| 4715 | Pano Kivides | Lemesos |
| 4820 | Pano Platres | Lemesos |
| 4878 | Pelendri | Lemesos |
| 4779 | Pera Pedi | Lemesos |
| 4780 | Potamiou | Lemesos |
| 4879 | Potamitissa | Lemesos |
| 4505 | Prastio Kellakiou | Lemesos |
| 4840 | Prodromos | Lemesos |
| 4748 | Saittas | Lemesos |
| 4877 | Sanatorio Kyperountas | Lemesos |
| 4510 | Sanida | Lemesos |
| 4848 | Scholi Mitsi | Lemesos |
| 4742 | Silikou | Lemesos |
| 4749 | Stathmos Filagron | Lemesos |
| 4751 | Stathmos Laneias | Lemesos |
| 4813 | Stathmos Mozora | Lemesos |
| 4568 | Stathmos Pefkou | Lemesos |
| 4569 | Sykopetra | Lemesos |
| 4846 | Treis Elies | Lemesos |
| 4730 | Trimiklini | Lemesos |
| 4800 | Troodos | Lemesos |
| 4771 | Vasa Koilaniou | Lemesos |
| 4509 | Vikla | Lemesos |
| 4772 | Vouni | Lemesos |
| 4565 | Zoopigi | Lemesos |
| 8641 | Agia Marina Kelokedaron | Paphos |
| 8741 | Agios Dimitrianos | Paphos |
| 8621 | Agios Ioannis Paphou | Paphos |
| 8623 | Agios Nikolaos Paphou | Paphos |
| 8802 | Anadhiou | Paphos |
| 8625 | Arminou | Paphos |
| 8643 | Asprogia | Paphos |
| 8742 | Drymou | Paphos |
| 8629 | Filousa Kelokedaron | Paphos |
| 8748 | Fiti | Paphos |
| 8645 | Galataria | Paphos |
| 8746 | Kannaviou - Melamiou | Paphos |
| 8626 | Kedares | Paphos |
| 8628 | Kelokedara | Paphos |
| 8627 | Kidasi | Paphos |
| 8646 | Koilinia | Paphos |
| 8747 | Kritou Marottou | Paphos |
| 8647 | Lapithiou | Paphos |
| 8740 | Lasa | Paphos |
| 8878 | Livadi Paphou | Paphos |
| 8648 | Mamountali | Paphos |
| 8631 | Mesana | Paphos |
| 8744 | Milia Paphou | Paphos |
| 8640 | Pano Panayia | Paphos |
| 8650 | Pentalia | Paphos |
| 8870 | Pomos | Paphos |
| 8630 | Pretori | Paphos |
| 8749 | Psathi | Paphos |
| 8620 | Salamiou | Paphos |
| 8651 | Statos-Agios Fotios | Paphos |
| 8743 | Thrinia | Paphos |
| 8608 | Trachypedoula | Paphos |
| 8644 | Vretsia | Paphos |
Confirm your own postcode against the ministry’s document before relying on it.
The money is fixed at €20 million and applications are handled in the order they arrive. The slow part is not the building work, it is the paperwork, and one piece of it has to exist before you can apply at all.
Do not start work before the energy certificate is issued. Only work carried out after 15 May 2026 and after your initial certificate counts. You also must not have finished everything before you submit. Once approved you have twelve months to complete the job.
An energy performance certificate, or ΠΕΑ, rates a building from A to H and can be issued only by an Ειδικευμένος Εμπειρογνώμονας — a Qualified Expert registered with the Energy Service. You need two of them: one before the work, which sets the baseline, and one after, which proves the 60% reduction. The grant is worked out from the difference.
Certificates last ten years and one is issued on every sale and letting, so your house may well have one already. The scheme accepts only an initial certificate dated after 15 May 2026. Nothing else in the application can move until it exists, so this is the first call to make.
Before you hire an assessor, check the public register — the ministry publishes it as open data you can download in full — and confirm the registration is current and covers your category of building. They also cannot be related to you within the fourth degree.
The fee is a funded cost, at €3.75 per m² on the standard rate and €5 per m² on the increased rate, so €562.50 or €750 on a 150 m² house. You pay the assessor and claim it back with the rest of the work.
Every applicant submits these:
Three groups submit more. Vulnerable consumers applying through a relative need a community leader’s declaration confirming where the person lives, plus proof of the relationship. Refugee settlement applicants need a refugee identity card, confirmation the house is inside a settlement, and a community leader’s certificate. Apartment buildings need the committee’s minutes, a declaration signed by every owner, all the title deeds, all the electricity bills and written authority for the representative.
Applications are assessed in submission order. If yours is approved you sign a public funding agreement and have twelve months to carry out the work. You then submit a payment claim with the final energy certificate and a detailed report from your assessor confirming the saving achieved. The ministry verifies the claim, and may inspect the house, before paying.
If your application is rejected or you are paid less than you claimed, you have 30 calendar days to appeal to the ministry’s appeals committee. After that there are a further 75 days to go to the Administrative Court. You must keep all the paperwork for five years, and keep the funded equipment in place for five years from final payment.
The payment claim has to be complete when you send it. If something is missing, the ministry has to go through your file a second time, and you pay for that second look. You do not lose the grant — as long as the house still meets the criteria, the claim is still paid — but €500 comes off the amount.
So the €500 is what one forgotten document costs. Check the file against the list before you send it.
Your assessor’s record matters as well. Every time a claim goes back for re-examination, the ministry records which assessor signed the paperwork. Once an assessor has appeared on that list more than five times, the ministry stops accepting any certificate, document or declaration they have signed. Ask about this before you hire anyone.
If your application is rejected or you are paid less than you claimed, you have 30 calendar days to appeal to the ministry’s appeals committee. After that there are a further 75 days to go to the Administrative Court. You must keep all the paperwork for five years, and keep the funded equipment in place for five years from final payment.
That depends on what the insulation costs you.
If the house needs insulation anyway, the arithmetic is good. A 10 kW system and a 4 kWh battery bring €7,380 at the standard rate, and the insulation and windows are paid at their own rates on top. If the house is already well insulated and you only want panels, this is probably not your route, because panels alone cannot be funded.
One limitation the grant does not solve. A battery capped at 4 kWh is smaller than most Cyprus households need for evening cover. You can fit a larger one and claim on the first 4 kWh, and the rest is your own money.
Tell us your postcode and roughly when the house was built. We will tell you whether it qualifies for solar panel grants in Cyprus, what package would reach 60%, and what the grant would come to. No charge, and we will say if it does not qualify.
FAQ’s
Yes, from 20 October 2026. Solar panel grants in Cyprus are paid under the Εξοικονομώ–Αναβαθμίζω στις Κατοικίες scheme at €450 per kW, or €1,000 per kW for vulnerable households, mountain postcodes, refugee settlement homes and apartment buildings upgrading together. The panels must be part of a wider upgrade that cuts the home’s energy use by at least 60%.
€720 per kWh at the standard rate and €960 per kWh at the increased rate, on batteries up to 4 kWh that store energy from the solar system. That is €2,880 or €3,840 at the maximum size.
Only if it is dated after 15 May 2026. Certificates stay valid for ten years and one is issued whenever a house is sold or rented, so many owners already hold one, but an older certificate is not accepted for this scheme no matter how much of its ten years is left. You will need a new initial certificate from a Qualified Expert registered with the Energy Service.