INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology
Amazon continues investments
in renewable energy with
project in Ireland
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mazon has announced one of the
company’s newest renewable energy
projects. The tech giant’s newest
renewable energy project in the EU will be
located in Cork, Ireland, and will be the
second Amazon Wind Farm in the Republic of
Ireland. Once complete, the new Amazon
Wind Farm will provide 23.2 megawatts (MW)
of renewable capacity, with expected
generation of 68,000 megawatt hours (MWh)
of clean energy annually. (SEIA) 2018 Solar Means Business Report,
which ranked Amazon number one in the
US for the amount of corporate on-site solar
installed in 2018, and number two for the
total amount of solar installed to date.
The project is expected to begin producing
clean energy in 2020 and will supply clean
energy to the company’s Amazon Web
Services data centres, which power Amazon
and millions of AWS customers globally. “Playing a significant role in helping to
reduce the sources of human-induced
climate change is an important commitment
for Amazon,” said Kara Hurst, Director of
Sustainability, Amazon.
Additionally, Amazon’s investments in
renewable energy were recently recognised
in the Solar Energy Industries Association’s “Major investments in renewable energy are
a critical step to address our carbon footprint
globally. We will continue to invest in these
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Globally, Amazon has 66 renewable energy
projects – including 51 solar rooftops – that
are expected to generate 1,342 MW of
renewable capacity and deliver more than
3.9 million MWh of clean energy annually.
projects and look forward to additional
investments this year and beyond.”
“Under the Climate Action Plan, we are
committing that 70% of Ireland’s electricity
will come from renewable sources by 2030.
Industry leadership is key to helping us reach
this target,” said Richard Bruton, Ireland’s
Minister for Communications, Climate Action
and Environment.
“This project is another example of AWS’
commitment to renewable projects in
Ireland, adding clean energy to the grid and
supporting Ireland’s climate commitments.
Construction will begin on this project this
year and will start contributing to Ireland’s
renewable energy capacity by 2020. We
look forward to continuing to work with AWS
as we strive to make Ireland a leader in the
renewable energy space.” n
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