Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company
AMZN, today announced that it has contracted with EDP Renewables to
construct and operate a 100 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Paulding County,
Ohio, called the Amazon Wind Farm US Central. This new wind farm is expected
to start generating approximately 320,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind
energy annually starting in May 2017, or enough to power more than 29,000 US
homes([1]) in a year. The energy generated will be delivered into the
electrical grid that supplies both current and future AWS Cloud data
centers. For more information go to
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/sustainable-energy/.
In November 2014, AWS shared its long-term commitment to achieve 100 percent
renewable energy usage for the global AWS infrastructure footprint. In April
2015, AWS announced that approximately 25 percent of the power consumed by
its global infrastructure was from renewable energy sources with a goal of
increasing that percentage to at least 40 percent by the end of 2016. As
part of its renewable energy push, AWS continues to work on ways to increase
the energy efficiency of its facilities and equipment, and to launch
projects aimed at increasing the availability of renewable energy resources
on the electrical grid that supplies power to current and future AWS Cloud
data centers in Virginia and Ohio.
Specifically, in January 2015, Amazon announced a renewable project with the
Amazon Wind Farm (Fowler Ridge) in Benton County, Indiana, which is expected
to generate 500,000 MWh of wind power annually. In April 2015, Amazon
announced a pilot of Tesla's energy storage batteries that are designed to
help bridge the gap between intermittent production, from sources like wind,
and the datacenter's constant power demand. Also in April 2015, AWS joined
the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and the U.S. Partnership
for Renewable Energy Finance (US PREF) to work with state and federal
policymakers and other stakeholders to enable more renewable energy
opportunities for cloud providers. In June 2015, the company announced
Amazon Solar Farm US East in Virginia, which is expected to generate 170,000
MWh of solar power annually. In July 2015, AWS announced Amazon Wind Farm US
East in North Carolina, which is expected to generate more than 670,000 MWh
of energy annually.
Now with Amazon Wind Farm US Central announced today, Amazon's renewable
projects will be responsible for delivering more than 1.6 million MWh of
additional renewable energy into electric grids across the central and
eastern US, or roughly the equivalent amount of energy required to power
150,000 US homes. ([1])
"We continue to pursue projects that help to develop more renewable energy
sources to the grids that power AWS datacenters and bring us closer to
achieving our long term goal of powering our global infrastructure with 100
percent renewable energy," said Jerry Hunter, Vice President of
Infrastructure at Amazon Web Services. "Our previously announced renewable
energy projects put AWS on track to surpass our goal of 40 percent renewable
energy globally by the end of 2016. This latest project, Amazon Wind Farm US
Central, pushes our renewable energy percentage ever higher."
"Ohio continues to benefit from the strong relationship that JobsOhio and
its business development partners have fostered with Amazon," said John
Minor, President and Chief Investment Officer of JobsOhio. "Building upon
news from earlier this year that AWS would develop cloud data centers in
Ohio, we are excited that AWS is making another significant investment here
and look forward to partnering with Amazon as it continues to grow in our
state."
EDP Renewables is a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the
fourth largest producer of wind power in the world. The company operates in
12 markets around the world (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Spain, United States,
France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania and Mexico). For
more information please visit www.edpr.com.
"We are very excited to be working with AWS on this important project in
Ohio," said João Manso Neto, CEO of EDP Renewables. "The fact that
businesses such as AWS are playing such an active part in renewable energy
projects is a very clear indicator that the future lies in additional
generation of this type of energy. The support for this project shows the
industry's confidence in our delivery capacity, experience, and know-how."
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