The multinational Amazon has already driven in Spain 94 Renewable energy projects between solar and wind. They will offer electricity that is produced thanks to non -treated sources to their activities and data centers.
Van Bloomberg NEF they have recognized as the Important company buyer of renewable energy in the world An Amazon and do this for the fifth consecutive year. In Spain, the company is also the largest buyer of this type of renewable energy in 2024.
Amazon and energy transition
Amazon recently announced 17 new solar and wind projects in SpainIn addition to the first project for renewable energy in Portugal. These new projects that are promoted by Amazon are part of the company’s efforts to compare electricity in their activities and data centers with renewable energy to promote their efforts, the climate promise to reach the zero net carbon emissions before 2040, ten years earlier than established by the Paris Agreement.
In Spain, Amazon has promoted a total of 94 solar and wind projects They offer more than 3.7 Gigawatt (GW) clean energySufficient capacity to feed the equivalent of more than 2.3 million Spanish houses per year. These renewable energy projects include 63 large-scale solar and wind farms.
“At Amazon we have the Fixed dedication to offer the necessary infrastructure and services to our customersWhile we continue to work to feed our activities more sustainably, “said Lindsay McQuade, Amazon Energy Director at EMEA.
“We are aware that the electrification of our society, together with digitization, It requires investments in energy sources and networks on which we dependIf we want to benefit from all the potential of new technologies. That is why we have promoted more than 230 solar and wind projects in Europe from Amazon, which made us the largest business buyer of renewable energy in Europe and the world in 2024 ”.
The new renewable projects on the spot y offsite Amazon in Spain includes wind farms and sun plants in Aragon, Andalusia, Castilla y León, Catalunya and Extremadura, which rises to a combined capacity of more than 870 MW. One of these new projects, A tanning factory in Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca)Will be one of the largest projects that has been promoted by Amazon in Spain to date.
When ready, in 2025, this Photovoltaic plant has an installed capacity of 212 MW. The promoter of the project, Iberdrola, claims to have made an investment of almost 200 million euros and, during the moments of larger activity in the construction, will generate 800 jobs.
Amazon has also announced his first energy agreement in Portugal, the Tâmega Wind complex Windpark, which is expected The largest wind farm in Portugal and whose construction is planned to start this 2025. The park, located next to the Tâmega Hydroelectric complex, will be the first to combine wind and hydraulic energy in Portugal.
In this way, the Wind Park -Energy can be used to pump water to the Tâmega reservoirThis can be released to generate electricity when needed. This innovative project, which according to Iberdrola has an investment of 350 million euros and 219 megawatts (MW), will generate more than 700 jobs during the moments of greater activity in its construction.
A pride for Amazon
Amazon is proud to have reached his Objective of comparing the electricity that is used worldwide with 100% renewable energy Seven years earlier than expected, in 2023, and has promoted renewable energy projects worldwide with sufficient capacity to feed what is equal to 24.3 million European houses.
These projects that are promoted by Amazon not only help to equate the electricity in their activities, but also They offer new sources of clean energy to local electrical networks. These projects also help to create jobs and to support local companies.