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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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Grid-scale
Chile approves 1 GWh battery as another 5 GWh project seeks approval Chile continues to scale up its battery energy storage capacity as developers advance increasingly large projects toward grid interconnection.
Luis Ini, Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jan 13, 2026
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ADS-TEC Energy Ends the Year With New Battery Energy Storage Wins in Germany and Austria Contracts signed in December total 20 MW / 40 MWh
ADS-TEC
Jan 02, 2026
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ADS-TEC Energy wins contract for SWLB municipal battery storage project in Germany German municipal utility, SWLB, has selected ADS-TEC Energy’s 5 MWh battery energy storage system for integration with its biomass power plant.
ADS-TEC
Dec 17, 2025
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Policy
Spain publishes new network access rules, redefining connection of demand and storage The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) will set access capacity, short-circuit limits, and monthly maps from February 2026. Meanwhile, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO) has published guidance on calculating installed capacity for administrative authorizations, addressing both standalone and hybrid battery energy storage systems under the new Royal Decree 997/2025.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 12, 2025
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Markets
462 storage projects totaling 7,614 MW are being processed in Spain 483 MW already have Administrative Construction Authorization, while 2,644 MW have obtained a favorable Environmental Impact Statement.
Pilar Sanchez Molina, Jose Pedrosa
Dec 03, 2025
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Grid-scale
Spain’s final EDRF storage tender awards 133 projects totaling 2.4 GW / 10 GWh The new resolution that is co-financed by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has eight fewer projects, but 223 MW and 891 MWh more than in the provisional resolution.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 01, 2025
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Markets
Europe moves to mandate grid-forming capability for new storage over 1 MW European grid operator ENTSO-E’s has published its 79-page technical report on grid forming requirements as part of Europe's soon to be updated network code for generators. It signals that grid-forming capability will become mandatory for large battery systems, with technical definitions.
Tristan Rayner, Pilar Sanchez Molina
Nov 12, 2025
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Markets
Spain moves to reinforce its power system with new mandates for BESS operators and more Spain continues to adjust policy and make sweeping changes to both prevent a reoccurence of a major blackout, while supporting standalone storage and hybrid projects.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Nov 10, 2025
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Sodium-ion batteries
Spanish start-up Bihar Batteries to commercialize sodium-ion batteries in 2026 The company has produced its first sodium-ion battery prototype and, in collaboration with Spanish research institute CIC energiGUNE, developed sodium-ion cell prototypes that have shown "very promising results".
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Nov 06, 2025

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