The construction and long-term operation of the wind farms are expected to support new employment and economic opportunities across the region. Amazon is investing in three new utility-scale wind farms in Greece, our largest renewable energy deal in the country to date. These wind farms will help match our electricity use in the region with … Continue reading Amazon invests in first utility-scale wind energy projects in Greece
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Iberdrola confirms new agreement with Amazon to procure 159 MW of wind energy from East Anglia THREE, world’s second largest offshore wind farm
Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest clean energy companies, and Amazon have expanded their long-term global clean power partnership by signing a major renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) for 159 MW of East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm in the UK, equivalent to 700 gigawatt-hours GWh of clean electricity per-year. Amazon has also signed … Continue reading Iberdrola confirms new agreement with Amazon to procure 159 MW of wind energy from East Anglia THREE, world’s second largest offshore wind farm
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Avangrid and Amazon sign agreement for wind energy in Oregon
Avangrid (Iberdrola) entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon, marking a significant step in both companies’ renewable energy strategies. The PPA belongs to the Amazon Wind Farm Oregon – Leaning Juniper IIA, located in Gilliam County, which will provide Amazon with 98.4 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. The general director of Avangrid, Pedro … Continue reading Avangrid and Amazon sign agreement for wind energy in Oregon
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Amazon’s renewable energy portfolio is now big enough to power 6.7 million U.S. homes
Amazon announces its first brownfield solar project, which will be built over a reclaimed coal mine site in Maryland, and its first project in South Korea. Amazon has invested in 78 new solar and wind energy projects so far this year, including the company’s first brownfield project—which will repurpose a previously polluted Maryland coal mine … Continue reading Amazon’s renewable energy portfolio is now big enough to power 6.7 million U.S. homes
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Acciona expands its collaboration with Amazon for solar and wind energy and digital transformation
ACCIONA and Amazon today announced an expansion of their current Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), from the existing 641 megawatts (MW) to 833MW. The additional 192MW will help Amazon stay on a path to powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025–five years ahead of its original 2030 commitment–and reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. … Continue reading Acciona expands its collaboration with Amazon for solar and wind energy and digital transformation
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Iberdrola and Amazon promote offshore wind energy in Germany
Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest clean energy companies, and Amazon have announced a new global collaboration to support the development of large-scale renewable energy projects and leverage cloud computing technology to enhance digitalisation in the energy transition. Iberdrola and Amazon.com Inc. have agreed to collaborate on new wind and solar capacity by signing power … Continue reading Iberdrola and Amazon promote offshore wind energy in Germany
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Ørsted and Amazon expand cooperation with additional corporate power purchase agreements
Amazon, the multinational technology, e-commerce, cloud computing, and digital streaming company based in Seattle, Washington, and Ørsted are today announcing two new corporate power purchase agreements totalling 116 MW of capacity across onshore and offshore wind. Specifically, Amazon will offtake the output of 100 MW from Ørsted’s 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm … Continue reading Ørsted and Amazon expand cooperation with additional corporate power purchase agreements
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EDPR and AWS enter into a collaboration agreement on renewable energy PPAs
This collaboration reinforces the strong commercial relationship already in place between EDPR and Amazon. EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), the fourth largest renewable energy producer in the world, has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in relation to Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for future wind and solar projects and the provision … Continue reading EDPR and AWS enter into a collaboration agreement on renewable energy PPAs
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Amazon to Invest in Scottish Wind Farm
The new investment in wind energy will make Amazon the largest corporate buyer of renewable electricity in Europe. Amazon has announced that it will invest in a new wind farm in Scotland as part of a major new renewables push. The 350-MW wind farm will be built off the east coast of Scotland and is … Continue reading Amazon to Invest in Scottish Wind Farm
Continue readingAmazon scores offshore wind energy deal with Shell and Eneco
Power purchase agreement (PPA) will see tech giant buy more than half the generation capacity of the 759MW Holladske Kust Noord offshore wind farm under construction off the coast of the Netherlands Amazon has struck a deal to directly buy clean power from a subsidy-free offshore wind farm being co-developed by oil major Shell and … Continue reading Amazon scores offshore wind energy deal with Shell and Eneco
Continue readingENGIE announces 650 MW of renewable energy offtake contracts with Amazon
ENGIE announces several energy offtake contracts with Amazon for a global renewable energy portfolio of wind and solar projects across the United States, Italy and France totaling 650 MW. These Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) will exclusively rely upon renewable energy production facilities developed by ENGIE. For ENGIE, this operation is the largest portfolio of … Continue reading ENGIE announces 650 MW of renewable energy offtake contracts with Amazon
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Ørsted and Amazon sign Europe’s largest offshore wind energy corporate PPA
Amazon, the technology company based in Seattle, Washington, has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement with Ørsted, the world-leader in offshore wind, to offtake the output of 250MW from Ørsted’s planned 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. This CPPA will contribute to Amazon’s target of being 100% renewable by 2030 as … Continue reading Ørsted and Amazon sign Europe’s largest offshore wind energy corporate PPA
Continue readingAcciona to supply wind energy and solar to Amazon in the US
Amazon and ACCIONA announced today two different agreements to cooperate in reaching decarbonization goals and accelerating innovation. ACCIONA will provide clean energy to Amazon in the United States with the electrical production corresponding to 641MW, helping meet Amazon’s company-wide goal to use 100% renewable energy by 2030 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040. … Continue reading Acciona to supply wind energy and solar to Amazon in the US
Continue readingAmazon to build wind farm in Galway
Amazon is set to build a wind farm in Galway in an effort to double its renewable energy capability. According to the Irish Times, the development will be located in Ardderroo and will support Amazon Web Services data centres in Ireland. The 115-megawatt wind power project will begin operations in 2022 and will include up … Continue reading Amazon to build wind farm in Galway
Continue readingWind energy, key to Amazon’s settlement in Bahía Blanca and Colonel Rosales
Once again the possible Amazon filing in Bahía Blanca was once again the subject of journalistic comments in the country. This time several capital media were responsible for referring to this possibility, although the trigger was the dissemination of a report by the US agency Bloomberg, specializing in economic issues. “The Amazon company plans to … Continue reading Wind energy, key to Amazon’s settlement in Bahía Blanca and Colonel Rosales
Continue readingAmazon to support three major new wind power projects
Amazon has signed a trio of agreements to support three new large-scale wind energy projects, as it strives to meet its long-term aim of sourcing 100% renewable power globally. The first of the projects is a 91.2MW wind farm in Donegal, Ireland, which is being developed by Irish renewables firm Invis Energy and is expected … Continue reading Amazon to support three major new wind power projects
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Jeff Bezos made headlines by smashing a bottle of champagne to launch Amazon Wind Farm Texas
This week Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made headlines by smashing a bottle of champagne to launch Amazon Wind Farm Texas, one of the company’s 18 clean energy projects to date. Press play on the video below to see Bezos in action. It’s a fantastic visual, and here at Into the Wind we had some … Continue reading Jeff Bezos made headlines by smashing a bottle of champagne to launch Amazon Wind Farm Texas
Continue readingAmazon’s largest wind farm yet is up
Greenpeace slammed Amazon earlier this week for its environmental practices — namely, the fact that it doesn’t disclose much about its energy use or materials. But today, the company announced that its largest wind farm yet is up and running. The Amazon Wind Farm Texas, located in Scurry County, Texas, includes over 100 turbines and … Continue reading Amazon’s largest wind farm yet is up
Continue readingNorth Carolina’s first wind farm starts operations
The Amazon Wind Farm US East, powered by Avangrid Renewables at Desert Wind, in North Carolina has started operations. The facility reached full commercial operation this month and began delivering power in December 2016. It features 104 modern wind turbines that will produce 208MW of energy, enough to power the equivalent of approximately 61,000 US homes … Continue reading North Carolina’s first wind farm starts operations
Continue readingAmazon to build second wind farm in Ohio
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2, a new 189 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Hardin County, Ohio that will generate 530,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy annually starting in December 2017. Amazon engaged with EverPower, a leader in utility grade wind projects, to … Continue reading Amazon to build second wind farm in Ohio
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