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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
European project to use grid forming loads to stabilize power networks The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC) is leading a project that proposes using grid-forming loads, which includes storage, to provide maximum flexibility and to enable future electricity systems with very high renewable energy content.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 30, 2025
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Distributed
Spanish startup offers portable solar-plus-storage generators for irrigation Spanish startup Nomad Solar Energy and Full&fast have deployed a portable solar-plus-storage system at a Madrid farm to provide off-grid power for irrigation.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 24, 2025
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Distributed
Spain sees 88% annual rise in self-consumption batteries While dominant industrial systems led another decline in self-consumption equipment, residential installations rose 11.6% for January-to-June, year-on-year, with backup mode popular to hedge against grid failures.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 16, 2025
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Policy
Spain’s $16bn, five-year plan to unclog its transmission grid The new strategy allocates up to €7.7 billion ($9 billion) more for electricity distribution grid spending and an additional €3.6 billion for the transmission network. The latter infrastructure must meet almost 28 GW extra demand through 2030, 14 times more than previously expected.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 15, 2025
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Tenders
Magtel plans 2.5 GWh Spanish pumped hydro station with solar The €500 million ($586 million) project includes 289 MW/2,554 MWh of pumped hydro energy storage and 229 MW of solar.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Sep 08, 2025
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Grid-scale
pv magazine’s guide to battery project contracts pv magazine and Kiwa PI Berlin have developed a document covering everything from defining owner requirements, to contract negotiation. Analyzing and comparing bids is also included.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Aug 29, 2025
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Policy
Spanish autonomous community to temporarily suspend battery licenses on undeveloped land This suspension will not affect mining, industrial, or energy-activity sites nor self-consumption projects with a capacity of less than 3 MW.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Aug 27, 2025
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Grid-scale
Matrix Renewables plans another 407 MWh Spanish battery The Lagerung project, in Girona, comes in addition to the developer's Perdiguero and Visenta projects, both in Huesca, which have the same 102 MW/407 MWh scale.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Aug 26, 2025
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R&D
Spain’s CIUDEN tests sodium-sulfur battery in conjunction with solar, hydrogen production The 5.8 MWh battery storage system is integrated with a 2.1 MW solar plant and two electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Aug 19, 2025

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