AWS for Industries
Author: Howard Gefen
Howard Gefen is General Manager of the Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Energy Industry Business Unit (IBU). The AWS Energy IBU is at the forefront of partnering with Energy, Power, Utility and infrastructure companies around the globe to transform their operations; creating groundbreaking solutions and partnerships and towards their digital transition to the cloud. This includes helping energy companies transform legacy operations, resulting in companies becoming less carbon intensive and in accelerating the development of innovative renewable energy businesses and business models.
Innovating for impact: Generative AI promises increased acceleration of the energy transition
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch and call for applications for the Clean Energy Accelerator | Generative AI Edition In the face of mounting evidence that the world is significantly behind on its climate goals, the call for rapid, innovative solutions in clean energy has never been louder. The Global Stocktake at COP28 […]
Accelerating Our Journey to a Clean Energy Future
At the close of COP27 last year, there were five crucial takeaways that charted the course for collective climate action, a defining challenge of our generation. These conclusions ranged from establishing a groundbreaking fund for loss and damage, a vital step in supporting countries battered by climate catastrophes, to setting a firm course towards maintaining […]
Answering the call: Accelerating a new cohort of clean energy innovators
Climate Change: A Universal Call to Action Of the many findings coming out of COP27 in Egypt last November, one stood out above the rest: We are way behind on greenhouse gas reductions. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, emissions need to fall 43% by 2030. Climate change is one of humanity’s […]
Transforming, Innovating, and Accelerating the Energy Transition
The energy industry is undergoing a massive evolution, much of which is driven by three distinct challenges: ensuring energy security, providing affordable energy, and moving to a cleaner and more sustainable energy future. The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that energy demand will increase by 50% over the next 30 years, while just […]
Accelerating innovation for a clean energy future: Startups for the AWS Clean Energy Accelerator 2.0 announced
While climate change is the defining issue of our generation, we don’t yet have all of the technological solutions that we need to address this impending crisis. Without a major acceleration in new clean energy technology innovation, net-zero emissions targets are not achievable. The technologies available today support less than 40 percent of the CO2 […]