Retail giant Amazon says it matched all electricity for its global operations with 100% renewable energy in 2023—seven years earlier than expected.
In 2019, Amazon set a goal to match all of the electricity consumed across its global operations—including data centres, corporate buildings, and fulfilment centres—with 100% renewable energy by 2030.
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Not only has Amazon reached its goal seven years ahead of schedule, it has also become the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world for four years running, according to Bloomberg NEF.
“Reaching our renewable energy goal is an incredible achievement, and we’re proud of the work we’ve done to get here, seven years early. We also know that this is just a moment in time, and our work to decarbonise our operations will not always be the same each year—we’ll continue to make progress, while also constantly evolving on our path to 2040,” Amazon chief sustainability officer Kara Hurst said.
In Australia, Amazon has now enabled seven renewable energy projects. This includes four utility scale projects—an operational solar farm in Wandoan, Queensland, operational solar farms in Suntop and Gunnedah in New South Wales, and a wind farm in Hawkesdale, Victoria—as well as three rooftop solar projects on Amazon facilities in Melbourne and Sydney.
Once operational, the projects are estimated to generate more than 1GWh of clean power—enough to power more than 175,000 Australian homes.
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These projects are helping to power Amazon’s Australian operations, including Amazon data centres, and fulfilment centres, while also providing new sources of clean power to local communities and the east coast grid.
The company invested AU$467 million in wind and solar farms in Australia from 2020 to 2022.
