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AES Built a Robot That Installs Solar Panels 2x Faster — 100 MW Down, 1 GW to Go

a trillion-watt industry can’t find enough humans, so they built a metal one that doesn’t need water breaks

Four robots. 100 MW installed. Half the time, half the cost. And a 53,000-worker gap they’re racing to fill before 2030.

AES just hit the biggest milestone in solar construction robotics — ever. Their “Maximo” robot fleet installed 100 megawatts of utility-scale solar at the Bellefield complex in Kern County, California. And they’re not stopping. The target is 1 GW of solar + 1 GW of battery storage. This robot is about to become the most important construction worker in America and it doesn’t even have a union card.

🧩 Dumb Mode Dictionary (click for more details) 📖 Backstory — Why Robots Are Building Solar Farms Now (click for more details) ⚙️ The Robot — What Maximo 3.0 Actually Does (click for more details) 📊 The Numbers That Matter (click for more details) 🗣️ What People Are Saying (click for more details) 🔍 The Bigger Picture — Who Else Is in This Race (click for more details)

Cool. Robots Are Installing Solar Panels Now. Now What the Hell Do We Do? ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

🔧 Hustle #1: Become a Solar Robot Technician (click for more details) 💰 Hustle #2: Solar Site Drone Inspection Service (click for more details) 📱 Hustle #3: Build Solar Workforce Training Content (click for more details) 💼 Hustle #4: Solar Construction Analytics Dashboard (click for more details) 🛠️ Follow-Up Actions (click for more details)

Quick Hits

Want to… | Do this
Work with solar robots | Get a robotics maintenance cert, apply to AES/Terabase
Start a solar drone biz | Part 107 + thermal drone + call every solar contractor within 100 miles
Teach the skills gap | Create solar+robotics courses on Udemy/YouTube — the market is starving
Build solar SaaS | Simple project tracking dashboard for solar EPC firms — they’re drowning in spreadsheets
Just stay informed | Follow Maximo’s progress — v4.0 drops soon and the 1 GW target is the real test

the robots aren’t taking solar jobs — there literally aren’t enough humans to do them. the machine showed up because you didn’t. and honestly? it brought snacks.

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