* Amazon contracted for offtake for the entire project
* Speed of deployment for hyperscalers
* Robotic assistance to speed deployment ("Maximo") [1] [2]
> The 1,000-megawatt (MW) Bellefield 1 project in Kern County, California, includes 500 MW of solar and 500 MW of four-hour battery storage, all under a 15-year contract with Amazon. When the full 2,000 MW Bellefield project is done, it will be the biggest solar-plus-storage installation in the country.
> AES has locked in deals with “major global hyperscalers” – think tech giants like Amazon and Meta – for more than 10 gigawatts of clean power.
toomuchtodo•23h ago
* Amazon contracted for offtake for the entire project
* Speed of deployment for hyperscalers
* Robotic assistance to speed deployment ("Maximo") [1] [2]
> The 1,000-megawatt (MW) Bellefield 1 project in Kern County, California, includes 500 MW of solar and 500 MW of four-hour battery storage, all under a 15-year contract with Amazon. When the full 2,000 MW Bellefield project is done, it will be the biggest solar-plus-storage installation in the country.
> AES has locked in deals with “major global hyperscalers” – think tech giants like Amazon and Meta – for more than 10 gigawatts of clean power.
[1] https://www.aes.com/maximo
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QFUvAbdlJk