A new generation of powerful, heat-tolerant robot helpers will enable utility-scale developers to build more solar power plants in the US, more quickly, than ever before (cropped, courtesy of AES via email).
A new generation of powerful, heat-tolerant robot helpers will enable utility-scale developers to build more solar power plants in the US, more quickly, than ever before.
The Kestrel high-performance computing system at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory accelerates energy efficiency and research at a pace and scale more than five times faster than NREL's previous supercomputer, Eagle. Finding ways to efficiently cool down data center facilities is important in a carbon-free future. Photo by Werner Slocum, NREL
A struggle over data centers is taking place in Ohio, where the local utility fears it will build more capacity then be deserted by Big Tech.
Another headache for rural solar opponents: the new Maximo AI-enabled robot is designed to slice half the cost and half the time from solar farm construction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — [This week] nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission, and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects. Market forecasts show that a range of policy and economic outcomes will determine the volume … [continued]
A plan put in place 7 years ago is bringing solar energy to the University of Pennsylvania today, thanks to a PPA with AES.
NREL Researchers Celebrate 10 Years of Replicating Grid Events To Strengthen Renewable Energy Technologies In September 2013, a team of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers, led by Vahan Gevorgian and Robb Wallen, faced a looming deadline. Not only did the brand-new 5-megawatt (MW) dynamometer need to be up and running, connected … [continued]
AES has made a major investment in 5B Solar, an Australian company that makes Maverick, a portable solar farm that cost less than traditional ground mount solar and can produce twice as much electricity per area of measure.
New South Wales has begun implementing a plan to add 17.7 GW of renewable energy, while a new joint venture between Siemens and AES propses to 250 MW battery storage installations in NSW and Victoria.
I recently highlighted a couple of big solar + storage projects that were given the go-ahead in Hawaii. Then I found out that these are two of 16 solar and energy storage projects just approved for development in the state.
Arizona is stepping up its energy storage game with a new contract for battery supplier AES to install 100 megawatts of stationary storage for the utility Arizona Public Service.
