February 9, 2023 | BNEF
Corporations Brush Aside Energy Crisis, Buy Record Clean Power
“Organizations that signed contracts to receive clean power in 2022 partnered with at least 135 different power project developers. Virginia-based AES Corporation topped the list of sellers in 2022 with 2.8GW of new PPA’s disclosed as signed in the year. Engie (1.6GW) and Acciona (1.1GW) followed. All offered customized contracts intended to match customers’ energy demand profiles.”
December 12, 2022 | Wall Street Journal
The 250 Best-Managed Companies of 2022
How does your company rank in the latest analysis of well-run companies for customers, employees and investors? We rank America’s largest publicly traded companies according to Peter Drucker’s principles of effectiveness — “doing the right things well.”
November 10, 2022 | AES
AES Secures $1.7 Billion in Warehouse Facility Financing to Advance Construction of Renewable Energy Projects
The AES Corporation’s (NYSE: AES) US-based clean energy business today announced that it has entered into a $1.7 billion warehouse credit facility which will advance the construction of 3 GW of renewable energy...
June 21, 2022 | Wall Street Journal
Solar-Power Developers Pledge to Buy U.S. Panels—If Someone Makes Them
Renewable-energy group offers to buy billions of dollars of U.S.-made solar panels over four years, but government support might be needed to get domestic manufacturing off the ground...
June 15, 2022 | New York Times
Nuclear is back on the table for a green future
Andrés Gluski, chief executive of the energy company AES, said "When we’re talking about climate change, how much time do we have? If it’s going to take you 20 years to get a plant built, it’s not part of the solution.”
June 1, 2022 | PV Tech Power
Accelerating solar deployment through robotics
Late last year AES Corporation unveiled the Atlas, an automated solar deployment robot the company claimed to be a first of its kind. Here, AES gives PV Tech Power the full story of its development.
May 25, 2022 | New York Times
Corporations pledge to buy "green" at Davos gathering
A global buyers’ club of more than 50 companies, including Microsoft and Ford Motor, say they will buy “green” steel, aluminum and other commodities by 2030.
May 13, 2022 | Politico
Biden's battling one energy price nightmare. Here comes another.
Andrés Gluski said during the renewable energy development company’s first quarter earnings call last week, “Renewables are more competitive today than ever. And in almost all cases I can say that the energy from renewables is the cheapest energy.”
May 9, 2022 | Axios
AES partners with Amazon for 675 MW renewables deal
Working with existing producers like AES is a time- and cost-efficient way to transition to renewable energy. As with other global trends, like remote work, tech companies are in a unique position to dictate how corporations work with renewable energy suppliers in the energy transition. And that could be a boon for facilitators and producers like AES.
May 5, 2022 | PV Magazine USA
AES to supply Microsoft with 110 MW of solar, 220 MWh of storage
The capacity will be used to support Microsoft’s data centers in California and builds on an earlier supply agreement between the two companies in Virginia.
April 2, 2022 | Renewables Now
AES Chile inaugurates 110-MW wind farm for Google
Chilean power producer and distributor AES Chile announced it has put into operation the 110-MW Los Olmos wind farm, its first self-built wind farm in the South American country.
March 31, 2022 | AES
AES’ US-based clean energy unit secures optimized funding for the construction of 2 GW of clean energy projects in US
The AES Corporation’s clean energy business unit today announced that it secured a $700 million revolving credit facility to finance construction of 2 GW of clean energy generation and storage capacity across nine states.
March 29, 2022 | AES
Savings from natural gas
Thanks to its long-term contracts, Panama will have a secure supply and stable prices.
March 10, 2022 | Fox Business
Energy experts laud new tone as Granholm, Biden admin call for more US oil and gas
Granholm asked energy execs to start "producing more right now," but hurdles remain, industry leaders say.
March 10, 2022 | E&E News
"Son of Build Back Better." Energy CEOs eye renewables’ future
Supply chain disruptions, inflation and bureaucratic regulations are slowing the deployment of renewable energy in the United States and jeopardizing efforts championed by President Biden to achieve 100 percent carbon-free power, leaders in the electric industry said yesterday.
March 8, 2022 | Fast Company
The 10 most innovative energy companies in 2022
Elemental changes are underway in how we replace fossil fuels and decarbonize the economy, and companies such as Twelve, BlocPower, AES, and Heliogen are leading the way.
February 28, 2022 | Power Engineering
AES Corp. says it’s curbing coal-fired generation mix this decade
Virginia-based AES details its carbon reduction target during the company’s quarterly and annual earnings report this morning. Perhaps the most dramatic element of the AES earnings report is the move toward a significantly greater portion of energy storage, wind and solar in its future generation mix.
February 9, 2022 | PV Magazine
AES to use AI-enabled bidding software for solar and energy storage projects
Fluence reports that the recent 1.1GW agreement with AES is one of the largest single procurements of AI-powered bidding software for renewables and storage assets by an independent power producer in the US.
February 7, 2022 | Utility Dive
Microsoft, Google, other corporate buyers get creative as demand for renewable energy spikes
Corporate buyers of renewable energy are changing their expectations of the process as the industry shifts into a seller's market.
January 20, 2022 | S&P Global
Lithium-ion takes early lead in Calif. race for longer-lasting energy storage
If fully approved, Tumbleweed would not be the first lithium-ion battery agreement with at least eight hours of duration. AES Corp., for instance, has a contract for an eight-hour project in Hawaii.
December 27, 2021 | Clean Technica
US Air Force taps solar energy, wireless transmission for battlefield deployment
Last fall the Air Force Research Laboratory announced an eight-project lineup for its new Expeditionary Energy Campaign initiative focusing on clean tech and renewables. Among those eight, front and center is a leading US solar energy developer that has been flying mostly under the radar.
December 21, 2021 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Radnor-based renewable energy pioneer is sold to Fortune 500 company
Community Energy Inc., the Radnor renewable energy pioneer, is selling its solar energy development business to AES Corp., an international energy company that is rapidly expanding its clean-energy..
December 10, 2021 | CNBC
Battery stock Fluence is way to play energy storage
The company, which is a joint venture between AES and Siemens, went public on Oct. 28 via a traditional IPO that valued the company at..
December 8, 2021 | Renewables Now
AES launches solar installation robot
US power generation group AES Corp (NYSE:AES) today revealed its solar installation robot Atlas with which it ...
November 18, 2021 | Axios
The new frontier of corporate clean energy buys
Google (which funded the research) says it's making progress, and for instance, in May announced a deal with AES to provide Northern...
November 16 | Forbes
Green Growth 50: Learning from companies boosting profits while cutting emissions
…eBay and Aptar are among the U.S. companies that are going green while making green, combining big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions with simultaneous growth in profitability.
November 4, 2021 | CNBC Squawk Box
Microsoft taps AES to power Virginia data centers with clean energy
CNBC’s Diana Olick join ‘Squawk Box’ to report on the latest developments at the 2021 United
October 17, 2021 | Bloomberg Green
Google’s biggest moonshot is its search for a carbon-free future
In Virginia, Google offloaded its 24/7 plan to energy distributor AES Corp. The companies signed a 10-year deal in May, for an undisclosed amount, covering 500MW of renewable projects that AES owns ...
October 6, 2021 | Wall Street Journal
Google rolls out emission-curbing tools for Nest thermostat
Google worked with WattTime, a nonprofit group that provides technology for tracking and managing power use and emissions, to estimate emissions data for homes. Seven power providers, including AES Corp...
September 28, 2021 | Reuters
Siemens, AES-backed Fluence files for U.S. IPO
Fluence Energy Inc, an energy storage technology company backed by industry giants Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) and AES Corp (AES.N), on Tuesday filed regulatory paperwork for an initial public offering in the United States...
August 4, 2021 | Utility Dive
AES, Google moonshot factory, to partner on grid virtualization ...
"With the introduction of new technologies, whether that's electric vehicles, DERs [distributed energy, resources] or smart devices, we need more..."
July 28, 2021 | Bloomberg Switched On Podcast
AES chief on the transition to net zero
Power company AES has been an energy company in transition for well over a decade and continues to develop and own renewable and other power assets globally. Today, Switched On's Dana Perkins speaks with AES CEO, Andrés Gluski.
July 13, 2021 | Daily Energy Insider
AES Corporation, Chile agree to retire more than 1 GW of coal generation
“The retirement of these conventional assets will remove approximately 6 million tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, the equivalent of taking over 2.4 million cars off the streets of Chile,” AES President and CEO Andrés Gluski said.
June 11, 2021 | T&D World
AES Corp., Edison International win 93rd annual Edison award
The AES Corp. was selected for its Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System. In 2020, AES completed the 400-MWh standalone battery energy storage.
April 1, 2021 | Bloomberg News
California to test whether big batteries can stop summer blackouts
The Alamitos battery energy storage system (BESS) at the AES Alamitos Energy Center in Long Beach
March 2, 2021 | Bloomberg News
Schneider-led group invests in Uplight at $1.5 billion value
Andrés Gluski, AES chief executive officer, said his company initially made its investment because it believed the company would play an...
February 22, 2021 | Forbes
How to invest in a clear winner from the Texas power grid collapse: battery storage
Inside the AES Alamitos Energy Center And Battery Storage Project, Fluence lithium ion batteries are at the...