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Earlier this week, Andrés Gluski, AES President and CEO addressed the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference. Andrés provided an overview of AES and discussed our portfolio and our various platforms for growth. Click here to listen to the webcast.
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AES President and CEO Andrés Gluski meets with Washington Ambassadors
At AES, we constantly seek to foster positive relationships with all of our stakeholders, including governments, regulators, local communities, civil society, suppliers, customers, partners and investors, in addition to our people.
Over the past few of weeks in our Arlington office, we hosted Ambassadors in Washington from Bulgaria, Panama, Colombia and Chile to promote AES as a key player in the power sector as well as to reinforce the company's commitment to safe, reliable and affordable electricity in the countries in which we operate. It was also an excellent opportunity to talk about energy storage, and share AES' experience as a leader in commercial energy storage solutions to support the integration of renewables and improve the flexibility and reliability of power systems around the world.
Ambassadors are key in promoting our interests and advocating for our investments in country. These meetings provide us with the opportunity to proactively engage and strengthen our relationships with these important stakeholders in order to achieve our strategic objectives, and position ourselves as a reliable, and sustainable company and a valued partner in the countries where we have a presence.
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Smart Maintenance work stream starts conducting global assessments
We've made great progress in each of our Energy Star program work streams. To reach our goal of becoming an Energy Star, we need to maintain that momentum. In June, the Performance Directors and Operations leaders from various SBUs participated in a Smart Maintenance training session led by Andes SBU President and Smart Maintenance work stream leader Javier Giorgio. The training focused on the general Playbook process and tools for Smart Maintenance as well as how to conduct the corresponding procedures.
Since the training, there have been significant milestones in the application of the Playbook process and tools to the maintenance process of our plants in various locations. The businesses in the SBUs have been running smart maintenance assessments based on the playbook guidance provided in the training. We successfully completed Smart Maintenance assessments at Killen (US SBU), Alamitos 1 and 2 (US SBU). Ventanas 4, Guacolda 1 and 5, and Angamos 1 and 2 (Andes SBU).
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Modernizing Masinloc in the Philippines
Our Masinloc generation plant in the Philippines, part of the Asia SBU, recently signed a contract to modernize and retrofit its Unit 2 steam turbine. For the past eight months, the team evaluated all the available options to recover the Unit 2 turbine. The team set out to find and pursue its best technical and financial option by analyzing its impact on our engineering, commercial, financial and procurement areas before finalizing the contract. The modernization and retrofit effort will increase in the gross output of Unit 2 from 315 MW to 341 MW, an improvement in its net Heat Rate of around 700 BTU/kWh at maximum capacity and a decrease in emission rate (gCO2/kWh) by 7.5 percent at maximum capacity.
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ENGAGING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS
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Northern Ireland Minister for Economy visits Kilroot
Northern Ireland Minister for Economy Simon Hamilton and local Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Gordon Lyons and Alasdair Ross visited our Kilroot Power Station, one of our generating plants in the Europe SBU. The politicians met with Carla Tully, AES UK & Ireland Market Business Leader, and Ian Luney, Northern Ireland Commercial Manager, to discuss our energy storage business, transition to the Integrated Single Energy Market (I-SEM), Britain Exit, and the upcoming electricity and power program for the government.
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AES Panamá & AES Colón volunteer for National Reforestation Day
AES Colón and AES Panamá in Panama, part of the MCAC SBU, volunteered for the Second National Reforestation Day organized by The Ministry of the Environment in the country.Reforestation Days are part of the national program "Alliance for the million" that aims to plant one million acres of trees across the country in the next 20 years. The objective of the program is to achieve a greener economy and improve the quality of life of Panamanians by reducing the deforestation rate in the natural forest and increase carbon absorption of trees in the forests.More than 30 AES people and their families volunteered for the program in two locations. One project is in Chepo near our Bayano hydroelectric plant and the other in Davis, Colón close to the AES Colón project. It was a day of bonding and interaction with nature and the environment. "Alliance for the million" will be organizing more reforestation in the future and AES aims to joining with a bigger volunteer force. These initiatives reaffirm our commitment and solidarity towards the environment and to the country.
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Oscar Lemus is Always On for Safety
Oscar is a Live Line Technician at AES Clesa, a distribution company in El Salvador, part of the MCAC SBU. A Live Line Technician's work involves putting up and maintaining electrical poles, towers and guy wires as well as installing or repairing live-line wiring on voltages up to 500 kV. He is aware of the dangers associated with his work, but also knows that all incidents are preventable. He does his part to prevent incidents by following our safety processes and procedures. He constantly looks at ways to improve the ways in which he performs his work in a safe, effective and efficient manner. Oscar has been described by his colleagues as someone with a very contagious enthusiasm especially when it comes to working safely. Thank you, Oscar, for sharing your enthusiasm and commitment to safety. We hope you continue to inspire others to be Always On for Safety.
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