Renewables

AES supplying 450 MW in Battery Storage and Solar to Amazon through PPAs

May 9, 2022

The renewable energy will be delivered in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market from AES Corp.’s 450 MW solar and 225 MW, 4-hour duration battery storage. AES has contracted with Fluence to supply storage for one of the projects

EnergyTech Staff

Electric power utility and developer AES Corp. signed up two renewable energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Amazon.

The PPAs align with Amazon’s goal of 100% renewable energy for global operations by 2025, about five years before the target year of 2030. About 450 MW in clean energy will power Amazon’s data centers in California.

The renewable energy will be delivered in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market from AES Corp.’s 450 MW of solar and 225 MW, 4-hour duration battery energy storage in the state. AES has contracted with Fluence to supply storage solution for one of the projects.

"AES is proud to support Amazon's bold actions to power its business operations, including its AWS data centers, with 100% renewable energy," said Andrés Gluski, AES President and CEO. "Together with Amazon, we're showing how customized energy solutions and innovative thinking can help organizations of all kinds to decarbonize their operations and the grid."

In 2021, AES signed 5 GW of new PPAs to help customers meet their energy goals. The two projects that will supply the renewable energy for Amazon are among these PPAs.

Earlier in May, AES also announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to supply clean energy to its data centers in the state. AES will deliver the clean energy from its portfolio of 110 MW AC solar and 55 MW, 4-hour storage projects in the CAISO market.

Last year, AES acquired Community Energy Solar, which had 3 GW of solar and storage projects and a 10 GW pipeline.

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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.

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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.

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