AES is out to please power customers around the world. A leading independent power producer, the company has interests in 111 generation facilities in 18 countries throughout the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East that gave it a net generating capacity of 35,876 MW in 2015. (It also has one coal-fired project under development with a total capacity of 1,320 MW). AES sells electricity to utilities and other energy marketers through wholesale contracts or on the spot market. AES also sells power directly to customers worldwide through stakes in distribution utilities, mainly in Latin America and the US.