AES is delivering world-changing solutions accelerating the energy transition at RE+. Meet our 2024 renewable energy experts and learn about our latest innovations that we’ll showcase at RE+.
From Artificial Intelligence to solar robotics to hydrogen and beyond, our AES leaders will be presenting on the most pressing topics in the energy world.
Our innovative decarbonization solutions are changing how the world is powered.
Deploying solar panels in half the time and cost with AI robotics
AES developed the first AI-enabled solar robot for the end-to-end automation of solar module installation. Maximo serves as a partner to solar construction teams, automating repetitive bending and strenuous heavy lifting of solar panels to accelerate solar installation.
Let’s talk at RE+ 2024
AES is a proud sponsor of RE+ 24 and we’re looking forward to connecting with our customers, partners, suppliers and building new relationships. We have representatives from our Development, Engineering, Procurement and Commercial teams at RE+ 24 and we have plenty of private meeting room space available for discussions. Reach out to your AES contacts to schedule some time to talk.
Why governments and companies turn to AES to meet their decarbonization goals
AES rated as one of the top two largest sellers of renewable energy to corporations
Accelerating progress toward our own ambitious climate targets
AES is leading a responsible and just transition
Enabling the energy industry to rapidly decarbonize through our innovative businesses
Driving clean energy policy
Empowering individuals to easily reduce their carbon footprint
Renewables leadership
AES is leading the global energy transition, partnering with customers to help achieve ambitious sustainability goals and developing the renewable energy solutions the world needs to decarbonize.
Renewable energy is rising. Our energy infrastructure needs to keep pace.
Learn why AES has invested heavily in several key renewables-based technologies that will play a crucial role in ensuring energy security while addressing the preeminent challenge of climate change.
First-of-its-kind 24/7carbon-free energy solution with Google
Google announced a goal to operate on 100% carbon-free energy by 2030 and set this goal knowing that a 24/7 carbon-free energy solution didn’t yet exist. AES and Google partnered together to develop a world-leading 24/7 carbon-free energy solution where we supply Google’s data centers with time-matched carbon-free energy through a custom mix of solar, wind, hydropower and battery energy storage resources.
Building Mississippi’s first utility-scale wind farm
Revolutionizing Mississippi’s energy landscape is just one of the benefits of the AES partnership with Amazon for the state’s first utility-scale wind farm. The 184.5 MW wind farm is expected to generate enough clean electricity to power over 80,000 homes while preserving agricultural land uses and generating tens of millions of dollars in local tax revenue.
State-of-the-art solar+storage system in Latin America
The state-of-the-art Andes IIB project incorporates 180 MW of solar power with 112 MW of 5-hour duration battery energy storage, making it the largest system of its kind in Latin America. Andes Solar IIb included the development of a 10 MW pilot project using AES partner 5B's innovative Maverick technology; these prefabricated, modular structures allow panels to be installed in one-third the time and on half the footprint of conventional solar systems.
Delivering Arizona’s largest wind farm
AES' Chevelon Butte wind project is a 454 MW landmark project in Arizona’s history as the state’s largest wind farm and the first new wind farm developed in over 10 years. The project will deliver cost competitive renewable energy to Arizona while operating on one of the oldest working cattle ranches in the state at the Chevelon Butte Ranch in Coconino and Navajo Counties.
World’s first virtual reservoir
AES Chile’s virtual reservoir is the world's first energy storage system to integrate a lithium ion battery bank into a run-of-river hydroelectric plant to strength Chile’s electrical system. The Virtual Reservoir stores energy from a run-of- river hydroelectric plant without the need to build a physical dam or water reservoir.
Green energy innovation
We are pioneers leading the development of new technologies that drive the energy transition forward, faster and at scale.
AES and innovation
Since our founding, AES has been a pioneer in energy innovation — from the first battery energy storage solution to one of the largest green hydrogen projects. We've always at the forefront of change.
AES and Air Products advancing green H2 innovation
Driven by leading expertise in innovation, efficiency and technological cost reduction, AES and Air Products joined together to build the United States’ first mega-scale green hydrogen production facility in Texas. Green hydrogen is essential technology for reaching net zero emissions goals, particularly in difficult to decarbonize sectors like transportation and industry.
Accelerating hydrogen infrastructure development through hydrogen hubs
AES was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive grants of up to $2.4 billion as part of two regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. Together with our joint venture in North Texas with Air Products, it consolidates AES' position as one of the leaders in producing green hydrogen in America.
Revolutionizing the solar industry
5B is revolutionizing the solar industry with its MAVERICK technology, enabling solar deployment three times faster and with double the energy output on the same land. 5B has expanded globally, driving the lowest cost solar deployment across 146 projects and aiming for 1 GW in 9 international markets in the near future.
Mobilizing the use of electric vehicles
Motor is accelerating electric vehicle adoption by partnering with utilities and simplifying the transition to electric vehicles through an easy three-step process, mobility solutions, and managed charging. As the global push for a net-zero future intensifies, Motor is driving innovation with electric car sharing, online car buying services, and tools to make EV adoption faster and easier.
AES partners with AI Fund to co-build energy startups
To accelerate the energy transition through AI-driven solutions that enhance sustainability and resilience in the energy sector, AES and AI Fund’s collaboration aims to address key challenges like renewables and battery management, worksite safety, and community impact, driving significant efficiencies and advancing a greener, smarter future.
Smart grid
Resilient transmission & distribution infrastructure and digital solutions to enable the energy transition
A partnership with X, the moonshot factory to develop the grid of the future
AES partnered with X, the moonshot factory to develop grid virtualization technologies that facilitate decarbonization, improve efficiency and reliability, optimize for renewables and enhance prediction and planning for weather events. This is just one of our innovative solutions to global energy challenges derived from a 10-year strategic alliance with Google.
Women building the grid of the future
Since 2016, AES El Salvador, in alliance with the Ciudad Mujer program by the Ministry of Local Development, has supported career development for 750+ women by providing technical training for women electricians through the Residential Electrical Installations Course. This course is aimed at women who wish to acquire the skills and knowledge to carry out reliable, efficient and safe electrical installations and receive a certification as Electrical Technicians by the General Superintendency of Electricity and Telecommunications (SIGET).
Partnering on grid enhancing technologies
AES and LineVision launched a joint project to assess how Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) may increase transmission capacity on the existing power grid. Through this pilot, we will gather data using Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR) to evaluate how LineVision can optimally integrate power from renewable energy sources.
AES’ Uplight provides solutions to serve utility customers around the globe
Serving over 80 utilities around the globe, AES’ Uplight develops digital technologies and third-party service provider networks designed to enhance utility customer experience and accelerate clean energy transformation. Our results speak for themselves, saving customers over $500 million on energy bills through a portfolio of more than 15 solutions.
Reliable, greener energy
Delivering diverse and tailored solutions to ensure reliability and accelerate a responsible and just energy transition.
Accelerating responsible and just energy transitions
Juan Ignacio Rubiolo, Executive Vice President and President, Energy Infrastructure, discusses how achieving a clean energy future requires meaningful consideration of the unique circumstances of each country and customer, and must balance environmental sustainability, energy security and resilience, and affordability and inclusiveness.
Breaking the Dominican Republic’s reliance on oil
Energas and AES Dominicana’s joint venture EnaDom broke the Dominican Republic’s reliance on oil by shifting conventional energy generation to natural gas. We achieved this through newly developed infrastructure and delivery solutions where these did not exist, converting 750 MW to cleaner, more reliable energy and saving the country over $3 billion, eliminating 892,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually.
World’s first coal conversion project using molten salts
AES Andes is creating the world’s first project in the world to convert a coal-fired power plant into a 560 MW emissions-free storage system using molten solar salts. The project also involves training the workers at the current power plant in the new technology to preserve employment opportunities.
Reliably transitioning Chile’s energy mix with energy storage
Together with the Government of Chile, we’re adding 1,500 MWh of energy storage by 2023 while retiring 1 GW of coal by 2025, reducing the country’s dependence on conventional generation at the same time. With innovative and competitive energy solutions, we plan to increase renewables in the country by 173% by 2025.
Investing $1.8 billion in Vietnam’s energy future
Together with the Government of Vietnam, AES Vietnam is investing $1.8 billion USD in that country’s energy future through the Son My II combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) project. This 20-year contract complements AES’ investment plans in Vietnam’s gas infrastructure, both diversifying the current energy mix with imported LNG and meeting the region's increasing demand for sustainable and affordable electricity.
A clean energy pilot project provides a new green solution
Launched in July 2021, AES' innovative clean energy pilot project for customers in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean provided the first carbon-neutral natural gas shipment to the Dominican Republic. These shipments enable companies in the region to purchase carbon credits and use a fuel that fully offsets their carbon footprint, in turn helping them to achieve their sustainability commitments.
Together with communities toward a responsible, inclusive and just transition
We are improving lives and empowering communities to advance a low carbon future through our impact on our planet and people.
Growing agrivoltaics in Massachusetts
Developing the future workforce in Hawaii
Reforesting Panama’s coastlines
Together with communities toward a responsible, inclusive and just transition
We are improving lives and empowering communities to advance a low carbon future through our impact on our planet and people.
Growing agrivoltaics in Massachusetts
Developing the workforce of the future in Hawaii
Reforesting Panama’s coastlines
More about AES and sustainability
Creating career opportunities in the solar workforce
AES has provided significant support to Solar Energy International, a leading provider of education and training programs to the solar workforce, to develop a new entry-level online course for solar technicians. PVOL095: Introduction to O&M for Large-Scale PV Systems will help equip a new generation of professionals with essential skills and knowledge to excel in the rapidly growing field of solar operations and maintenance.
Meet AES
AES is a Fortune 500 global power company improving lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs.
Together with our partners, we are leading the development and adoption of new technologies to enable the broader implementation of sustainable energy solutions.
AES is investing billions of dollars in the United States and numerous underserved countries in leading technologies to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions.
Find out what we’ve been doing to accelerate a net-zero future since the most recent RE+.
Improving Lives Report 2023
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AES announces winners of 2023 Energy Innovation Challenge
Pioneering end-of-life solar panel solutions
AES acquires largest permitted solar + storage project in the US
AES announces next decarbonization milestone
RE+ 2024: Let’s talk about how AI is transforming the power grid and our energy future
“The transformation is underway. Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to change the way electricity is produced, delivered and consumed by homes and businesses across the country. This trend will only accelerate in the next few years, and we must ensure that the application of AI capabilities to grid challenges delivers clear business and customer value.”
Read what AES' Alexina Jackson has to say about AI at AES and the journey to a digital grid, which she'll also be discussing at RE+ 2024.