Amazon becomes the largest buyer of renewable energy

These new projects will make Amazon the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in history. In its entirety, Amazon has invested in 6.5 GW of wind and solar projects that will allow it to supply its operations with more than 18 million megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable energy annually. This amount is the equivalent needed to power 1.7 million American homes for one year. These projects will supply renewable energy for Amazon's corporate offices, fulfillment centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers that support millions of customers around the world. They will also help advance Amazon's goal of reaching zero net carbon emissions by 2040. Part of that commitment is to power Amazon's infrastructure with 100% renewable energy, a goal the company is on track to achieve by 2025, five years before the initial goal set for 2030.

The 26 new wind and solar projects announced today are in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. In Spain, Amazon announced last month the entry into operation of the company's first off-site solar project outside the United States. The 149 megawatt (MW) project located in Seville will provide energy to Amazon's logistics networkin the country and to the next Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region (Europe) in Spain. The project consists of four solar plants and is expected to contribute 302,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy per year to the grid, the equivalent of the average consumption of 30,000 Spanish homes. In addition, the company has invested in a second solar plant in Aragon with a capacity for 50MW that will provide renewable energy to the future AWS Region and is expected to be operational in 2021.