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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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Sodium-ion batteries
Spanish research center makes sodium-ion battery advances ITE has manufactured a prototype sodium ion cell as part of the SOSBAT project to find more sustainable energy storage alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 12, 2025
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Supply chain
EU to back 10 battery materials projects ouside the block The European Commission has named projects in Ukraine, Norway, Greenland, Madagascar, Kazakhstan, New Caledonia, Canada, Brazil, Zambia, Serbia, and South Africa to secure supplies of graphite, nickel, cobalt, lithium, and manganese.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 11, 2025
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Policy
How to qualify for energy storage grants in Spain Jon Ander López Ibarra, product manager for battery energy storage systems (BESS) at Spanish power conversion system company Jema Energy, says Spain needs to step up and offer BESS developers full remuneration for the crucial energy transition role their projects can play.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 10, 2025
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Policy
Catalonian law incentivizes batteries, renewables; simplifies permitting The legislative decree introduces urgent regulatory measures for battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a capacity exceeding 500 kW and designates renewable energy sites, their grid connection lines, and energy storage facilities to be of overriding public interest.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 06, 2025
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Grid-scale
EDF inks PPA for solar-plus-storage site in UK The French utility will buy all the energy from the Benthead site, in Scotland, which is set to begin construction next year. The nine- to 11-year term of the power purchase agreement (PPA) will depend on when the 31 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) is commissioned.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 04, 2025
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Policy
EU plans 2025 energy storage package The executive body of the European Union revealed the plan as it published a 'state of the nation' report into member state progress on ramping up clean energy by 2030.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 02, 2025
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Supply chain
Call for applicants to Spain’s €700m large-scale energy storage program Standalone and renewables-plus-storage battery projects can apply for up to 85% co-financing, along with pumped hydro and thermal energy storage sites.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jun 02, 2025
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Manufacturing
ABB, Suma Capital, Verbund invest €12m in Spanish battery maker Hesstec The new shareholders will help the Valencian business expand into European and wider markets by targeting grid companies, renewable energy sites, and big commercial and industrial (C&I) clients.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 28, 2025
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Grid-scale
Fraunhofer-founded startup offers grid-connected, solar-plus-storage agrivoltaics Freiburg-based startup Diveo plans and builds agrivoltaic sites co-located with battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 27, 2025

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