据世界能源新闻2020年7月30日休斯敦报道， 美国最大的独立供电商爱依斯电力公司（AES）7月30日估计，2021年至2025年，全球将有多达6130亿美元投资于新的太阳能发电。
总部位于弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿市的AES在14个国家提供电力。AES是在宣布对一家澳大利亚太阳能技术公司5B进行50亿澳元的“战略投资”时给出上述估计的。
AES表示，5B和这家总部位于悉尼的公司的Maverick技术将使客户能够“以3倍的速度更快增加太阳能资源，同时在相同面积的传统太阳能设施上提供两倍多的能源。”
5B将Maverick技术描述为“世界上第一个预制的、低成本的、100%便携式的太阳能电池阵。”
7月30日，AES总裁兼首席执行官Andres Gluski在一份公司声明中表示：“与传统太阳能相比，使用5B技术的太阳能项目只需要三分之一的时间。”
2017年，AES收购了美国一家公用事业规模的太阳能开发商sPower。这笔8.53亿美元的收购使AES获得了1274兆瓦的公用事业规模的太阳能发电能力，以及处于不同开发阶段的10吉瓦的项目投资组合。
AES随后在2018年与西门子建立了合资伙伴关系，组建了一家名为Fluence的新公司，后者据悉随后建造或承包了2.1吉瓦的电池存储能力项目。
AES是全球快速增长的太阳能和太阳能储存市场中最活跃的开发商之一。
今年6月，AES被夏威夷电力公司选中，在瓦胡岛上开发和运营两个新的公用事业规模的太阳能+储存设施。其中一个项目是19.5兆瓦的太阳能光伏电站，具有35兆瓦时的太阳能储存能力，另一个项目是60兆瓦的设施，具有240兆瓦时的电池能源储存系统。
李峻 编译自 世界能源新闻
原文如下：
AES estimates $613 billion in global investments in solar generation between 2021-25
World Energy News
July 30, 2020
Houston — As much as $613 billion could be invested globally in new solar generation between 2021 and 2025, AES
Corporation estimated July 30.
The Arlington, Virginia-based company, which provides power in 14 countries, gave its estimate while announcing a
"strategic investment" in an Australian solar technology firm, 5B.
AES said that 5B, and the Sydney-based company's Maverick technology, will enable customers to "add solar resources at a
pace that is three times faster while providing up to two times more energy within the same footprint of traditional
solar facilities."
5B has described Maverick as "the world's first solar array that is pre-fabricated, low-cost and 100% portable."
"A [solar] project using 5B's technology can be built in a third of the time when compared with conventional solar," said
Andres Gluski, President and CEO of AES in a statement released July 30.
In 2017, AES acquired sPower, a US-based utility-scale solar developer. The $853 million acquisition gave AES an
additional 1,274 MW of utility-scale solar capacity, and a portfolio of 10 GW of projects in various stages of
development.
AES followed that acquisition with a joint venture partnership with Siemens in 2018. The resulting new company called
Fluence has subsequently reported building or contracting for 2.1 GW of battery st orage capacity
AES is among the most active developers in the fast growing solar plus storage market.
In June, AES was selected by Hawaiian Electric Companies to develop and operate two new utility-scale solar-plus-storage
facilities on Oahu.
One project is a 19.5-MW solar PV facility with 35 MWh of storage attached, the other a 60-MW facility with a 240 MWh
battery energy storage system.
