The deal for building the 2.2-gigawatt Son My 2 Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant was signed in Hanoi HANOI : AES Corp. on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnamese government to build a $1.7-billion gas-fired power plant in Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said. The deal for building the 2.2-gigawatt […]
Google and AES Announce Cloud-Based Partnership for Clean Energy
AES plans to use Google Cloud tech to sponsor new clean energy projects in Latin America and the U.S. In order to meet its renewable energy targets, Google has recently promised millions of dollars for clean-energy-supported manufacturing, signed deals on a record-breaking renewables portfolio, and even joined a couple of regional transmission organizations. On Wednesday, […]
AES Announces Merger of Simple Energy into Uplight, the Premier Provider of Cloud-Based Energy Experience Solutions
Uplight serves 74 utility companies across the U.S., including IPL and DP&L ARLINGTON, Va.: The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today announced the merger of Simple Energy with Tendril to form Uplight, a new company that offers the most comprehensive suite of customer-facing solutions for electric and gas utilities. Building on AES’ 2018 investment in Simple Energy, […]
AES Breaks Ground on 400 MWh Energy Storage Project in Southern California
Fluence Battery Storage System to Provide Sustainable, Reliable Energy for Southern California Edison Customers LONG BEACH, Calif.: AES Alamitos, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), announces the groundbreaking of a 400 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery-based energy storage system for Alamitos Energy Center (AEC) as part of a larger modernization and replacement project of the […]
AES Selected for EEI’s 2019 Edison Award for Launching the World’s Largest Solar PV Peaker Plant
The Edison Award represents the electric power industry’s most prestigious honor and recognizes companies for their leadership, innovation and progress ARLINGTON, Va.: The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) announced it has been selected for the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) 2019 Edison Award, the electric power industry’s most prestigious honor. A panel of former energy company chief […]
What We Know and Don’t Know About the Fire at an APS Battery Facility
The explosion in Arizona comes at a sensitive time for the fledgling storage industry, with a number of U.S. states moving to make storage central to their grid planning. No cause has been named for the fire at an Arizona battery facility that sent four firefighters to the hospital Friday. Peoria Fire Department spokesperson Michael […]
APS and Fluence Investigating Explosion at Arizona Energy Storage Facility
The stakes are high for the energy storage sector after an explosion with an unknown cause left several firefighters injured. Fluence has dispatched a team of experts to help utility Arizona Public Service determine what caused an explosion at one of its grid-scale battery facilities. The explosion on Friday reportedly left four firefighters injured, including […]
India’s Energy Storage Market Is Finally Starting to Grow
Seven tenders for a total of 84 megawatt-hours have now been issued. India is finally seeing the emergence of a grid-scale energy storage market after years of anticipation. This month the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) invited bids for 3.6 gigawatt-hours of storage connected to 1.2 gigawatts of solar on India’s interstate transmission system, […]
India’s Energy Storage Market Is Finally Starting to Grow
Seven tenders for a total of 84 megawatt-hours have now been issued. India is finally seeing the emergence of a grid-scale energy storage market after years of anticipation. This month the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) invited bids for 3.6 gigawatt-hours of storage connected to 1.2 gigawatts of solar on India’s interstate transmission system, […]
APS Plans to Add Nearly 1GW of New Battery Storage and Solar Resources by 2025
The Arizona utility says it will deploy 850 megawatts of battery storage and at least 100 megawatts of new solar generation in the coming years. The Arizona power grid has a unique set of challenges, which it turns out solar and energy storage are particularly well suited to address. Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest […]