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Pilar Molina pv magazine
Pilar Molina pv magazine

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Pilar worked as managing editor for an international solar magazine, in addition to editing books, primarily in the fields of literature and art. She joined pv magazine in May 2017, where she manages the Spanish newsletter and website and helps write and edit articles for the daily news section in Latin America.

Articles written by Pilar Sanchez Molina

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R&D
Spain’s Silbat set to roll out silicon batteries by 2028 The startup is developing long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology that, housed in a 40-foot container, would have an estimated power of 100 kW and a capacity of about 100 hours with a useful life of more than 30 years and a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of less than $0.05/kWh in its early stages of industrialization.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 28, 2024
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Projects & Applications
Fortescue to install Gamesa Electric’s inverters at 250 MWh Australian battery project Gamesa Electric has signed an agreement with Fortescue for the 50 MW/250 MWh North Star Junction battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 22, 2024
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Grid-scale
Spain’s energy storage association optimistic about the year ahead The next AEPIBAL Day event, held by Spain's energy storage association, will be staged in Zaragoza in October 2024. pv magazine spoke to AEPIBAL president Luis Marquina about what to expect at the event and his predictions for the sector.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 21, 2024
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R&D
RPow preps Spanish thermal energy storage pilot plant The facility, at the Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), will test storage based on molten salts (MS), phase change materials (PCM), adsorption, and heat transfer fluids (HTF).
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 18, 2024
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Projects & Applications
AES seeks approval for 4 GWh collocated battery in Chile The project located in the Tarapacá region comes with a price tag of $990 million dollars and integrates a massive solar farm with a 809.22 MW five-hour battery energy storage system.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 11, 2024
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Projects & Applications
CIP building 1.1 GWh standalone battery storage project in Chile Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has approved a final investment decision and started construction of the Arena battery energy storage system (BESS) project, with the aim of supplying energy from the first quarter of 2026.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 08, 2024
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Grid-scale
Plans for 1 GWh of energy storage in Chile Japanese and French companies are planning to hybridize three big solar sites in the country's Atacama Desert region.
Pilar Sanchez Molina, Luis Ini
Oct 04, 2024
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Grid-scale
Spain’s Acciona advances 2.4 GW of energy storage, 1.8 GW solar-wind hybridization Acciona Energía has just launched its second hybrid wind-solar project in Spain, at Villalba del Rey and Tinajas. A new, 19.7 MWp solar field has been added to a 26 MW wind complex.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Oct 03, 2024
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Tenders
811 MW/3.6 GWh of storage projects set for Spain’s PERTE funding Pending approval, a total of EUR 167.6 million ($187.1 million) has been allocated toward 46 standalone thermal and electrical energy storage projects, with a cost range from EUR 170/kWh to EUR 409/kWh.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 30, 2024

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