Crete is the largest Greek island covering an area of 8,261,183 km². The island lies approximately 160 km south of the Greek mainland. Heraklion is the island’s administrative and economic centre with about 140,000 inhabitants. Crete enjoys a temperate Mediterranean climate with about 300 days of sunshine per year; together with Cyprus, it is the sunniest island in the Mediterranean. Crete has numerous advantages in comparison with other countries:

• Very high solar irradiation
• Good electricity grid infrastructure, support by grid operator regulated by law
• Rapid processing by licensing authorities and energy supply companies
• Regulated feed-in tariffs, fixed for 20 years

Sisses and Tsoutsouras projects, Crete

Marche region

The Marche region is located in Central Italy between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennines. In the north, the region borders Emilia-Romagna and the Republic of San Marino and, in the south, the Abruzzo region. Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio are to the west. Ancona is the regional capital. The region consists of the provinces of Pesaro-Urbino, Ancona, Macerata, Fermo and Ascoli-Piceno. In terms of the amount of sunshine and its intensity, the Marche region is one of the top places in Europe. Sites in the Marche region achieve a global radiation of 1,200 to 2,000 kWh per square meter of surface area.

Marche has numerous advantages in comparison with other regions in Italy, such as Puglia:

• Fewer projects submitted for approval
• Better electricity grid infrastructure
• Rapid processing by licensing authorities and energy supply companies

Servigliano project 994kWp