Amazon Announces 37 Global Renewable Energy Projects, 23 in the US

Amazon announced 37 new renewable energy projects in the U.S., Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. The new projects increase the capacity of the company’s renewable energy portfolio by nearly 30%, from 12.2 gigawatts (GW) to 15.7 GW, Amazon said Wednesday. Its goal is to power 100% of its operations with renewable energy by 2025. The additions bring its renewable energy projects to 310 in 19 countries, it said. The 23 new projects in the U.S. include Amazon’s largest renewable energy project, a 500-milliwatt solar farm in Texas and the first projects in Missouri. The others are in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma and Virginia.