Residential solar panels have overtaken large photovoltaic farms to become the single largest source of installed renewable energy capacity in Cyprus, with nearly 100,000 households now generating power under the net metering scheme, according to figures obtained by Phileleftheros.
Installed capacity from home solar systems reached 447.16 MW by December 2025, up from 348 MW in 2024, out of a total installed renewable energy capacity of 1,096.83 MW.
Large photovoltaic farms ranked second with 353.02 MW — nearly 100 MW behind — while net billing systems, mainly commercial installations for self-consumption, accounted for a further 150.47 MW.
The 93,490 residential systems produced around 61,145 MWh of electricity per month, equivalent to approximately 61 million kilowatt-hours.
Of that, around 22.3 million kilowatt-hours were exported to the distribution network. By comparison, large photovoltaic farms generated around 10.2 million kilowatt-hours per month, all fed into the grid.
To put household output in context, the 93,000 homes generating solar power produced enough electricity in a month to supply around 105,000 households, based on average monthly consumption of 500 to 600 kilowatt-hours.
Other renewable sources include 1,738 fixed-price photovoltaic systems with a combined capacity of 76.42 MW, three wind farms totalling 24 MW, four EAC-owned solar installations with 20 MW, and 14 biomass units producing 12.12 MW.
Growth in 2025 was sharp. Of the 93,490 residential net metering systems, 19,640 were installed during 2025 alone, adding 98.65 MW of capacity.
Thousands of further applications submitted in 2025 remain pending review by EAC. Net billing also expanded, with 744 of the 2,098 systems added during 2025, contributing 54.47 MW of the scheme’s total 150.47 MW capacity.
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