Amazon has announced the launch of five new renewable energy projects in Australia, China and the US, to help it achieve its goal of 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy by 2030.
The Australian initiative will centre on a 105 megawatt (MW) solar project in New South Wales.
This project will have the capacity to generate 250,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of clean energy each year, which is enough to power the equivalent of 40,000 average Australian homes.
In China, the business will roll out a 100 MW solar project in Shandong, which will generate 128,000 MWh of clean energy annually.
Meanwhile in the US, Amazon will commence work on three solar projects.
In Ohio, Amazon will launch a 200 MW solar project and an 80 MW solar project. Alongside this in Virginia, a new 130 MW solar project will get underway.
Once enabled, these three US based projects will have the capacity to power the equivalent of 69,000 average US homes each year.
When complete, the five new Amazon renewable energy projects totalling 615 MW of installed capacity will supply approximately 1.2 million MWh of additional renewable energy to the company’s fulfillment network and Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centres.
Amazon VP of sustainability Kara Hurst said that these new projects are a critical part of the business' sustainability mission.
"As a signatory to The Climate Pledge, we’re committed to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early and reaching net zero carbon across Amazon by 2040.
"These five new renewable energy projects are a critical part of our roadmap to reach this goal.
"In fact, we believe it is possible to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of the goals we announced last fall.
"While this will be challenging, we have a credible plan to get there," she said.
To date, Amazon has announced 31 utility-scale wind and solar renewable energy projects and 60 solar rooftops on fulfillment centres and sort centres around the globe.
Together, these projects totalling over 2,900 MW of capacity will deliver more than 7.6 million MWh of renewable energy annually, enough to power 680,000 US homes.