Amazon has announced that it will add 615 megawatts of large-scale solar to its renewable energy portfolio or more than 2.9 gigawatts, reports GreenTech Media. The electricity will go towards powering Amazon’s shipping warehouses and data centers.
The largest addition will be in the United States where Amazon will add a total of 410 megawatts through development in Ohio and Virginia, a recent hotspot for corporate renewables investments.
Over the past five years, the number of corporate renewables purchasers and the size of those purchases have reached unprecedented levels.
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