Welcome to the July edition of BeClever, Clevergy's energy newsletter! As every month, we'll share the latest news from the energy sector. The failure to pass the anti-blackout decree-law is the focus of this newsletter.
Rejection of the anti-blackout decree-law
The non-approval of Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, called the anti-blackout decree on July 22, It puts at risk investments in the electricity sector exceeding 200.000 billion euros., in addition to pausing structural solutions for the improvement of the system, both in streamlining administrative procedures and in the acceleration of installations of storage systems that provide stability to the electrical system, and in the promotion of collective self-consumption and energy communities.
Despite having the support of large electricity companies, renewable energy companies and companies with intensive electricity consumption The decree-law was not approved in Congress due to political reasons, and it puts the future of electrification and the decarbonization of the economy on hold. The Government is already working on a new text that it achieves approval in Congress, and that should be presented as soon as possible to unblock this situation.
The new normal after the blackout means in the increase in the use of gas in electricity generation, and the consequent rise in energy prices, which Some experts estimate that it will be up to 24,4% in this third quarter of the year.. If we add to this tension in the oil market due to the crisis in the Middle East, the end of the year could complicate the energy market situation in this second part of 2025. The CPI has already risen up to 2,7% in July.
Renewables are still the way
According to a report recently published by IRENAIn 2024, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy was, on average, 41% cheaper than the cheapest fossil fuel alternatives, while onshore wind projects were 53% cheaper. Furthermore, the cost of battery energy storage systems has fallen by 93% since 2010.
Battery storage facilities around the world rose 54% in the first half of 2025, with a record-breaking month of June for new installations. China leads these installations, while Europe in general and Spain in particular are lagging behind.
Meanwhile, Ireland has become the sixth European country to abandon coal. for electricity generation.
Generate sales opportunities for self-consumption customers
At Clevergy we launched a few months ago a sales opportunity functionality This app allows self-consumption marketers and installers to identify and manage real sales opportunities thanks to the centralized analysis of their customers' electricity consumption and generation data. This makes it possible to generate leads for, for example, selling battery and aerothermal energy installations. A success story is Comunidad Solar, which generated more than 250 leads for battery installations after a campaign using the app.
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- Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (Former Secretary of State for Energy)
- Oscar Monrio de la Herran (CHC Energia, former CIO-CTO-CISO)
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