"Change Heating System and Water Heater" — subsidy for a solar water heater or heat pump
Voucher subsidy to buy and install a new solar water heater (50% or 60% depending on income) or a heat pump (50%) in a main or second home. Applications closed on 5 May 2025 and voucher redemption on 30 April 2026.
Solar water heater: 60% (individual income ≤ €5,000 or family ≤ €10,000) or 50%, with a maximum pre-VAT voucher of €840/€600 for the product and €180/€100 for services; heat pump: 50%, up to €5,000 product and €1,000 services before VAT (VAT is subsidised at the same rate)
This information has not been checked by us yet — please confirm it at the official source.
This round has ended. If it reopens, it will appear here again. Ended on 25/6/2026.
Who can get it
Official evidence · ΚΥΑ ΥΠΕΝ/ΥΔΕΝ/140497/820/2024 (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 6969/2024), Οδηγός: «Φυσικά Πρόσωπα τα οποία διαμένουν μόνιμα στην Ελλάδα» · «Δεν είναι επιλέξιμοι … όσοι είχαν υποβάλει δήλωση φορολογίας εισοδήματος κατά το έτος αναφοράς (2023) ως κάτοικοι εξωτερικού» · Checked: 2026-09-30
Official evidence · ΚΥΑ προγράμματος «Αλλάζω σύστημα θέρμανσης και θερμοσίφωνα» (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 5931/2025): «Δικαίωμα υποβολής αίτησης στο Πρόγραμμα έχουν: Ο Ιδιοκτήτης της κατοικίας, είτε πρόκειται για κύρια ή δευτερεύουσα κατοικία που ιδιοκατοικεί, είτε για κατοικία που ενοικιάζει (για μακροχρόνια ή βραχυχρόνια χρήση) ή παραχωρεί δωρεάν σε τρίτους. Ο Ενοικιαστής της κατοικίας, για την οικία που μισθώνει και χρησιμοποιεί ως κύρια κατοικία του. Ο Χρήστης δωρεάν παραχωρούμενης κατοικίας» · Checked: 2026-10-12
Official evidence · ΜΙΤΟΣ, Οδηγός Προγράμματος, προϋπόθεση 2: «Αποτελεί την κύρια ή δευτερεύουσα κατοικία του ωφελούμενου (ιδιόκτητη, ενοικιαζόμενη ή δωρεάν παραχωρούμενη)» και 2.ii (οικιακή παροχή ρεύματος) · Checked: 2026-09-28
Official evidence · ΦΕΚ Β' 6969/2024, Πίνακας 5: «1 ΕΙΣ ≤5.000 ΕΙΣ ≤ 10.000 60% / 2 ΕΙΣ >5.000 ΕΙΣ > 10.000 50%» · Checked: 2026-09-28
Based on official sources. For the latest criteria, contact the relevant authority.
How to apply
The steps to apply yourself. Free: you don’t need to pay anyone.
Required Documents
Usually the details gov.gr already holds about you are enough.
Step by step
- 1
Sign in to gov.gr with your TAXISnet codes
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- 2
Open the application service
Go to the official pageAuthority: Υπ. Περιβάλλοντος
- 3
Fill in and submit the application
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- 4
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What it is
A Ministry of Environment and Energy programme (Recovery Fund, RePowerEU) that subsidised, with vouchers, buying and installing a new solar water heater or heat pump.
Who: households in a main or second home — owned, rented or provided free — with an active household (not shared) electricity supply. Central Macedonia, Epirus and vulnerable groups had priority.
How much: solar water heater 60% with individual income up to €5,000 or family income up to €10,000, otherwise 50%; heat pump 50%, up to €5,000 for the product and €1,000 for services (before VAT).
Applications ran from 13 January 2025 to 5 May 2025 and voucher redemption ended on 30 April 2026. The programme has ended.
Announcement (Thessaloniki International Fair, 06/09/2026): the government announced a new scheme subsidising the purchase of heat pumps and solar water heaters for 100,000 beneficiaries, with details to come from the Ministry of Environment and Energy. No terms, amounts or dates have been published yet and it has not been enacted; this page will be updated when it is published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ).
Lifecycle*
ClosedTime-limited programme
- Active from
- Active until
- Application deadline
*Cycles, deadlines, and availability may change regularly. Always confirm with the official source before applying.
Benefit details
- Provider
- Υπ. Περιβάλλοντος
- Category
- Energy & Utility Bills
- Status
- Ended
- Type of benefit
- Subsidy programme
Details last verified: 12/10/2026