The article discusses the unprecedented growth in global energy demand driven by increased manufacturing and AI data centers, creating a strain on current electric generation capabilities. The International Energy Agency forecasts a tripling of solar panel installations over the next decade, necessitating a near doubling of the workforce. The U.S. solar industry can currently install 15,000 modules per hour, but experts claim it needs to reach 50,000 per hour by 2035. To address this labor shortage, AES introduced Maximo, an AI-driven robot that enhances the speed and safety of solar farm construction without replacing human workers.
The world’s hunger for energy is growing at an unprecedented rate thanks to growing manufacturing and AI data centers, outpacing our current electric generation capabilities.
To meet the surging electricity demand, experts say the solar industry must scale up from 15,000 modules installed per hour to a staggering 50,000 by 2035.
AES has developed Maximo, an AI-powered robot designed to double the speed of solar farm deployment, addressing the labor shortage and efficiency challenges.
Maximo is not intended to replace human workers, as the solar industry faces an extreme shortage of skilled labor, necessitating the use of such machines.
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