Greece will achieve its 2030 solar capacity target included in the country’s National Energy and Climate Plan from 2019 six years earlier, by 2024, the SolarPower Europe association has forecast.

The association expects Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Netherlands to do likewise.

A total of 12 EU member states, among them Greece, have so far submitted upgraded NECPs with 2030 targets Their overall solar capacity additions exceeds 90 GW.

Upgraded NECP solar capacity targets have increased by an average of 63 percent. Lithuania is projected to achieve a 500 percent increase in solar capacity by 2030, while Finland, Portugal, Slovenia and Sweden are seen doubling theirs.

The association estimates that four EU member states have already reached their solar capacity targets, 19 more are likely to reach it within the next five years, and another four between 2027 and 2030.