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| Thu, 10th Dec 2020 9:52:00 |
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Amazon topples Google as world's largest corporate renewable energy buyer after huge wind and solar spree |
Web retail giant Amazon said it is now the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy after a 3.4GW clean power buying-spree that spanned 26 wind and solar projects in eight countries.
The US-based group said the deals take its total renewable energy supply portfolio to 6.5GW. That would outstrip fellow tech giant Google, which has 5.5GW of clean procurement under contract globally, according to latest figures on its website.
The latest addition to its portfolio covers projects in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US, giving Amazon positions in 127 projects globally, including 59 utility-scale wind and solar plants.
Among the new agreements are a 250MW offtake agreement from Orsted's 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 German offshore wind farm, which is due in service from 2025. The Danish developer said that is the largest corporate power deal in European offshore wind so far.
In the UK, the plants include a 129MW wind farm in Scotland that Amazon said will be Britain's largest corporate renewable power deal to date.
Amazon will use the clean power to cover energy use at its global data centres, warehouses and offices.
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