Accelerating the future
of energy, together 
AES is fundamentally changing the way solar is installed to make it more affordable, accessible, faster, safer, efficient and scalable to accelerate decarbonization for businesses worldwide.
That’s why we’re revolutionizing the future of solar through our first-of-its-kind solar robot and innovation partnership with 5B.
Atlas
AES developed a first-of-its-kind solar robot to enhance the speed, efficiency and safety of scaling solar.
Why Atlas?
Atlas will complement our skilled workforce by keeping them safe and performing the heavy lifting, placing and attachment of solar modules while adding new high-tech jobs.
Solar jobs are installation and construction-related, the largest segment in the industry
U.S. solar workers needed by 2030 to reach 100% clean energy goal by 2035
Increase of employment in solar installation from 2020-2030, the fastest growing career in the U.S.
Solar construction can be automated
O&M services can be automated
Benefits to our partners
Installation
- Faster
- Cheaper
- Precise
- Ability to install larger panels
Additional benefits
- Increases safety of workers by performing dangerous heavy lifting
- Enabling partner to EPCs to work faster, smarter and safer
- Reliable
- Efficient
- Increases operating performance
5B
Together, we’re removing common barriers to solar deployment to enable companies to add solar resources 3X faster while providing 2X more energy within the same footprint of traditional solar facilities.
Simplest
- Pre-wired, plug & play modular system shipped to site ready to deploy
- Minimal site preparations
Fastest
- 200 kW+ per team / day
- 1 MW installed per week, with only 3 people
Smartest
- Up to 2X more energy per area
- Streamlined logistics and high shipping density
Rapid deployment
- Redeployable
- Zero performance impact
Install anywhere
- Remote, rural and sites in harsh conditions
- Suitable for all ground and soil types, including landfills, with minimal ground penetration and limited to no civil works required.
- Wind-resistant and already deployed in cyclone areas
Short or long term solutions
- Use the energy when you need it, pack it up if operations move or land is needed for redevelopment
Scalable solutions
- Flexibility to scale the system to meet customer needs on a project-by-project basis or remove a system as demand requires
Hybrid solutions
- Integrates with other energy systems, including battery energy storage, wind and more
5B and AES unfold the power of solar energy
AES is a world leader in solar innovation
AES is one of the world leaders in battery energy storage and integrating batteries with renewable energy, like solar, wind and hydropower.
Solar-plus-storage
24/7 carbon-free energy
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative and AES made history by creating a new model for delivering large-scale renewable energy.
Together, we created the PV Peaker Plant, a first of-its-kind DC-coupled solution delivering reliable, readily dispatchable carbon-free power through one of the world’s largest operational solar-plus-storage systems.
AES launched the global energy storage industry
The Edison Electric Institute (EEEI) recognized AES and our Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System for launching the energy storage industry as we know it today. We proved that large-scale battery storage is a critical piece to integrating intermittent renewable energy to fulfill the promise of a 100% carbon-free future.
24/7 carbon-free energy is the new world-leading standard in sustainability
The next frontier in building a sustainable future is ensuring that carbon-free energy is the primary source for facilities, when and where they have load—100% carbon-free energy, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Google and AES innovate the next frontier in clean energy
Google set a world-leading goal to be 100% powered by clean energy on an hourly basis by 2030, knowing that a 24/7 carbon-free energy solution didn’t exist at the time. Read the case story to find out how we worked together to create a first-of-its-kind 24/7 carbon-free energy solution.
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