BeClever, July 2025

Jonan Basterra31 July 2025·4 min read

Welcome to the July edition of BeClever, Clevergy's energy newsletter! As every month, we bring you the latest news from the energy sector. The non-approval of the anti-blackout decree-law is the main focus of this newsletter.

The rejection of the anti-blackout decree-law

The non-approval of Royal Decree-Law 7/2025, known as the anti-blackout decree, on 22 July, puts at risk investments in the electricity sector exceeding 200,000 million euros, as well as putting on hold structural solutions to improve the system, both in streamlining administrative procedures and in accelerating the installation of storage systems that provide stability to the electricity system, and in boosting collective self-consumption and energy communities.

Despite having the backing of the major electricity companies, renewable energy firms and intensive electricity consumption businesses, the decree-law was not approved in Congress for political reasons, putting the future of electrification and decarbonisation of the economy on hold. The Government is already working on a new text that manages to gain approval in Congress, which should be presented as soon as possible to unblock this situation.

The new normal following the blackout means an increase in the use of gas in electricity generation, and the resulting rise in energy prices, which some experts estimate could reach up to 24.4% in this third quarter of the year. If we add to this the 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 half of 2025. The CPI has already risen to 2.7% in July.

Renewables remain the way forward

According to a report recently published by IRENA, in 2024 solar photovoltaic (PV) energy was, on average, 41% cheaper than the cheapest fossil alternatives, while onshore wind projects turned out to be 53% cheaper. In addition, the cost of battery energy storage systems has fallen 93% since 2010.

Battery storage installations worldwide rose 54% in the first half of 2025, with June a record month for new installations. China leads these installations, while Europe in general and Spain in particular are not making progress.

Meanwhile, Ireland has become the sixth European country to abandon coal for electricity generation.

Generating sales opportunities for self-consumption customers

A few months ago at Clevergy we launched a sales opportunities feature that allows energy retailers and self-consumption installers to identify and manage real sales opportunities thanks to the centralised analysis of their customers' consumption and electricity generation data. This makes it possible to generate leads for, for example, selling battery and heat pump installations. Our success story is Comunidad Solar, which, following a campaign from the app, has generated more than 250 leads for battery installation.

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