Sustainability in the Cloud

Amazon announces five new renewable energy projects in China, Australia, Ohio and Virginia, with a combined 615 MW of additional renewable capacity and an expected generation of 1.2 million MWh of energy annually.

AWS announces four new renewable energy projects in Australia, Spain, Sweden and the U.S. Combined, these projects are expected to produce almost 300 MW of additional renewable capacity and approximately 840,000 MWh of energy annually.

Amazon announces three new renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain, which are expected to produce a combined 329 MW of additional renewable capacity and almost 700,000 MWh of energy annually.

AWS announces three new renewable energy projects in the U.S. and UK. Combined, these projects are expected to produce 265 MW of additional renewable capacity and approximately 670,000 MWh of energy annually.

AWS announced two new renewable energy projects in Europe and the U.S. Amazon’s second renewable energy project in the Republic of Ireland and seventh in the Commonwealth of Virginia are expected to produce approximately 168,000 megawatt hours of clean energy annually.

AWS announced three new wind farms – one in Ireland, one in Sweden and one in the U.S. When complete, these projects are expected to generate 670,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually. Read more

AWS exceeded 50 % renewable energy usage for 2018.

Five solar farms that AWS previously announced are now in operation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together with Amazon Solar Farm U.S. East, the six solar farms bring 260 megawatts of renewable energy capacity into the grid.

AWS announced five new solar farms across the Commonwealth of Virginia—these solar farms join the company’s existing project, Amazon Solar Farm U.S. East, which went into production in October 2016. Amazon worked with developers Virginia Solar LLC and Community Energy Solar on the projects, and will further collaborate with an affiliate of Dominion Resources, Inc. to own and operate the solar farms.

Amazon Solar Farm U.S. East is now in production in Accomack County, Virginia. The 80 megawatt solar farm is expected to generate approximately 170,000 megawatt hours of solar power annually.

AWS and Dominion Virginia Power join forces on a landmark renewable energy delivery deal. With this, Dominion Virginia Power will manage and integrate the energy produced from various Amazon wind and solar farm projects into the grid that serves AWS data centres.

Amazon joined Apple, Google and Microsoft in filing an Amicus Brief that supports the continued implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) and discusses the technology industry’s growing desire for affordable renewable energy across the U.S. Read the brief here

Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge launched, marking the first of our four announced renewable energy projects to move into full operation.

AWS announced that it has contracted with EDP Renewables to construct and operate Amazon Wind Farm U.S. Central.

Amazon joined The Buyers’ Principles to collaborate with more than 40 other companies on making clean energy solutions more affordable and accessible to all. Find out more about The Buyers' Principles

AWS announced that it has contracted with Iberdrola Renewables, LLC to construct and operate Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East.

AWS announced that is has teamed with Community Energy, Inc. to construct and operate Amazon Solar Farm U.S. East. Read the press release

Amazon announced that it has joined the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and will participate in the U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance (U.S. PREF) to increase its work with state and federal policymakers and other stakeholders to enable more renewable energy opportunities for cloud providers.

AWS announced it has teamed with Pattern Development to construct and operate Amazon Wind Farm Fowler Ridge.

AWS shared its long-term commitment to achieve 100 % renewable energy usage for the global AWS infrastructure footprint.