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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.

pilar.smolina@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Pilar Sanchez Molina

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

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

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

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

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

Grid-scale

Spain: 20 GW of energy storage sites requesting grid access in February Spanish clean energy association La Asociación de Productores de Energías Renovables' (APPA) latest monthly report indicated a big interest in developing energy storage sites across the country.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 31, 2025

Policy

SolarPower Europe embraces energy storage with new platform The European industry body is having a major push on the benefits of co-locating solar with wind power and energy storage, or both, and will include storage advocacy in its future contact with policymakers.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 28, 2025

Policy

Spain proposes Andalusia get almost half of EU’s €700 million energy storage aid package The draft rules published by Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) suggest Andalusia should receive almost €312 million ($336 million) of the €700 million disbursed by the European Union's regional development fund to drive energy storage.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 27, 2025

Distributed

French compressed air energy storage system for homes and businesses Segula Technologies has launched its Remora Stack product, a containerized isothermal air compression storage solution the company claims is 70% efficient.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 21, 2025

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