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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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Software
Industry insiders call for more details about Reuters report into alleged Chinese spying devices pv magazine has spoken to industry insiders about a report published on Wednesday by news agency Reuters which claimed spyware and sabotage devices had been found in Chinese-made inverters and batteries.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 16, 2025
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Grid-scale
Germany, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Spain to lead European battery market through 2029 Annual installations are expected to reach around 120 GWh by 2029, for a total of 400 GWh, according to a report by PV trade body SolarPower Europe.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 09, 2025
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Policy
Call for energy storage projects for Europe’s next 10-year grid plan Project promoters hoping to receive EU Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funding for energy storage and electricity transmission sites must first have them included in the 10-year network development plans (TYNDPs) drafted by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 02, 2025
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Grid-scale
Solaria to add 5.6 GWh of batteries to Spanish solar parks The Spanish developer has acquired 260 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in its homeland, agreed to buy 1.4 GW/5.6 GWh of BESS from an unnamed supplier, and secured a 10-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA) from Trafigura.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 02, 2025
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Products
Spain’s Cegasa unveils its first utility-scale battery The Spanish manufacturer will exhibit the E/Xpand HV battery at the upcoming Smarter E show in Munich next month. It will showcase racks for commercial and industrial (C&I) and large-scale systems of up to 5 MWh.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Apr 24, 2025
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Grid-scale
‘Without pumped hydro, Spain should install maximum 50 GW of solar’ Lobby group Ecologists in Action says pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) holds the key to unlocking an optimal total solar capacity of 70 GW to 72 GW in Spain in 2030.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Apr 17, 2025
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Grid-scale
Chile inaugurates 1.2 GWh colocated battery ContourGlobal's site features six-hour storage capacity alongside 221 MWp of solar generation capacity and is part of a portfolio acquired from Spain's Grenergy last year.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Apr 10, 2025
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Software
Ampere launches energy storage and management product for energy communities The company says its Ampere Communities is "the first platform in Spain for managing energy communities with smart batteries, real-time response, and variable [electricity] distribution." Ampere says the platform "reduces energy costs by up to 80% and quadruples [a] community's energy independence."
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Apr 08, 2025
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Policy
Spanish consultation exercise on storage and 100%-renewables islands Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) is launching a public consultation on promoting energy storage and the integration of clean power into the energy system of its islands.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Apr 01, 2025

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