Amazon agrees 450-MW solar purchase in California with AES

• Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dedicated to acquiring electrical power from 450 MW of solar parks to power its data centres in California under a handle power supplier AES Corp (NYSE: AES).

The US e-commerce giant has actually secured two power purchase contracts (PPAs) that will certainly see it get renewable energy in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market. The power will certainly be sourced from solar photovoltaic (PV) plants and also 225 MW of battery storage projects with a four-hour period.

The off-take offers were announced by AES on Thursday.

Amazon's renewable energy procurement places the on the internet retailer and internet companies on a path to power 100% of its procedures with renewables by 2025, five years previously than its initial 2030 objective. The firm additionally has a target of reaching net-zero carbon by 2040.

The most recent contracted capacity becomes part of AES' portfolio of PPAs, which the power generation group broadened with 5 GW of new deals last year.