The Government of Catalonia has approved Decree Law 22/2025, aimed at increasing the resilience of the electricity supply and accelerating the deployment of renewable energy across the region.
This new regulation comes in response to the blackout of April 2025, which highlighted the vulnerabilities of the current energy system. t updates and strengthens measures previously introduced in June (Decree Law 12/2025), with the goal of creating a more sustainable, decentralised and secure energy model.
Among its main measures, the Decree introduces:
- – Simplified administrative procedures for medium-scale renewable installations (100–500 kW) and wind systems for self-consumption.
- – Regulation of battery storage systems for the first time, allowing both hybrid and independent configurations.
- – Urban planning flexibility, enabling renewable and storage projects in industrial areas without modifying the local planning scheme.
- – Recognition of energy communities as public-interest initiatives and creation of the Register of Energy Communities of Catalonia, allowing public entities to grant land use rights for these initiatives.
- – Public participation requirements for large-scale solar and wind projects to increase social acceptance.
- – Improved access and connection procedures to prevent arbitrary denials from electricity distributors.
These measures are designed to remove key administrative and regulatory barriers that currently slow down renewable energy deployment and the creation of local energy communities.
At Bioboost, we see this new framework as an important step forward for bioeconomy and circular energy projects across Catalonia. The simplification of procedures and the recognition of the key role of energy communities facilitate the transition towards a more resilient, collaborative, and sustainable energy model — an objective shared by many of the BioBoosters we support through the Accelerator.
Related documents and links:
- – Download Decree Law 22/2025, of 28 October, in PDF format (in Catalan)
- – Consult the full text on the Legal Portal of Catalonia: https://portaljuridic.gencat.cat/eli/es-ct/dl/2025/10/28/22
- – Download the extended version of the article in PDF (in English)