Company Profile - The AES Corp

Introduction

The AES Corp (AES) is a power utility. It generates, transmits and distributes electricity. The company produces energy using the hydro, pet coke, diesel, biomass, oil, solar, heavy fuel oil, landfill gas, wind, coal, gas and energy storage sources. Under power purchase agreements, it sells the electricity to utilities, industrial users and other intermediaries. The company also owns and operates electric utilities, which generate, purchase, transmit, distribute and sell electricity to serve customers in the residential, industrial, commercial and governmental sectors. The company has operational presence in North America, Asia, Europe, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. AES is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the US.