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    Amazon to Procure 159 MW of Renewable Energy from Iberdrola's 1.4 GW East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm

    March 28, 2024
    The wind farm will be operational by 2026 and will help Amazon to match all the electricity powering its operations with 100% renewable energy
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    Iberdrola and Amazon have signed a renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 159 MW of energy from the East Anglia Three offshore wind farm in the UK, equivalent to 700 GWh of clean electricity annually.

    The 1.4 GW East Anglia Three offshore wind farm, located 69 km off the coast of Suffolk, will support more than 2,300 jobs during construction and 100 long-term jobs over its operational life. It will be powered by 95 Siemens Gamesa 14.7 MW turbines. 

    The Haizea Wind Group facility in Bilbao is also currently manufacturing 50 monopiles, which will be used to support the offshore wind farm's wind turbines. 

    The wind farm is expected to be fully operational by 2026 and generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 1.3 million British homes.

    The wind farm’s capacity will support Amazon’s target to match all the electricity powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025. In total, Amazon has enabled 54,000 GWh of renewable energy from Iberdrola worldwide. 

    “Companies like Amazon are leading the corporate drive to advance the renewable energy industry and guarantee energy security, sustainability, price stability, and competitiveness. Today, two global leaders join forces in an agreement that will mean more energy independence, more local jobs, and lower emissions on both sides of the Atlantic," said Sergio Hernandez de Deza, Director of Large Customers and Industrial Solutions at Iberdrola. 

    The companies have also launched the global "Journey to Cloud" program by migrating Iberdrola’s operations to the Cloud and leveraging Amazon Web Services’ High-Performance Computing services big data services. Projects will use the Cloud to reduce the time needed to run complex weather simulations and Amazon Sagemaker Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning services to maximize the efficiency of renewable energy assets worldwide.

    ScottishPower, an Iberdrola company, has built an Internet of Things (IoT) platform to collect sensor data and improve the knowledge of its low-voltage network in the UK. The two companies are designing projects to incorporate generative AI through Amazon Bedrock to improve the experience of its customers and support its field workers.

    “Amazon is enabling renewable projects worldwide because transitioning to carbon-free energy sources is one of the most impactful ways to lower carbon emissions and help us reach our Climate Pledge commitment of net-zero carbon by 2040," said Lindsay McQuade, Director of Energy for EMEA at Amazon. "It is great to see Iberdrola using the cloud and AI to turbocharge their renewables business and deliver much-needed clean power to grids worldwide.”

    About the Author

    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.

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