- Amazon is “Top Corporate -Buyer of Renewable Energy in Europe”
- 10 European countries got solar and wind power investments
- Amazon will be Net-Zero Carbon in 2040
Amazon has declared with boldness that it is now the “top business buyer of renewable energy in Europe”, giving it another string to its bow against Microsoft and Google.
By 2024 alone, the E -trading and cloud computing giant says it added 26 renewable energy projects and 20 on -site installations up and down in Europe, which primarily consists of solar and wind farms.
The largest recipient of Amazon’s 2024 energy investments was Spain with 15 new sun and wind farms and two more solar installations on site.
Amazon is betting big on European Renewable Energy
Amazon’s total range now spans more than 230 solar and wind projects across Europe with its renewable energy portfolio that generates 9 GW energy – enough to drive equivalent to 6.7 million European homes annually.
Italy, Greece, Finland, UK, Germany, France and the Czech Republic also enjoyed extensive solar investments, where Northern Ireland and Portugal received investments in wind farms.
“Increasing the amount of renewable energy on Europe’s electricity grid is the fastest and cheapest way to help Europe’s economy decarbonize on scale and fight against climate change,” noted Amazon’s EMEA Director of Energy for Europe, Lindsay McQuade.
Amazon has not yet released its 2024 rusting skills report, but by 2023 the company said it used “lower carbon materials” as steel and concrete, and changed some of them to wood to save 46,700 tonnes of CO2e the year-the same amount of emissions , as 11,100 US cars would produce in 12 months.
AWS is also reconsidering its backup generators, with places in Ireland, Sweden and Oregon now using hydrotreated vegetable oil for fuel rather than diesel.
Chief Sustainability Officer Kara Hurst confirmed Amazon’s plans to smash Paris deal plans and reached Net-Zero Carbon Emission one decade early in 2040. She also confirmed that the entire company reached 100% renewable energy consumption seven years early in 2023.
The company also wants to be water-positive at the end of this decade’s topic of controversy in the world of data centers, where powerful computers consume large amounts of water for cooling.
