Amazon Web Services (AWS) of Amazon announced its second wind farm in Ohio - Amazon Wind Farm US Central 2. This is AWS's fifth global renewable energy project, the second in Ohio. The new wind farm is expected to generate more than 530,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy annually, enough to power 50,000 homes annually.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced Amazon Wind US Central 2, a new 189 megawatt wind farm in Hardin County, Ohio, that will generate 530,000 megawatt-hours of wind energy annually, starting Since December 2017. Amazon has partnered with EverPower, a leading company in wind energy projects, which will build and operate the new wind farm it will own. This is AWS's fifth renewable energy project in the US (and its second wind farm in Ohio), which will provide energy to the electric grid serving the The AWS data centers located in the Ohio and Northern Virginia regions. When the construction of the new wind farm is completed, the five AWS renewable energy projects will generate a total of 2.2 million megawatt-hours per year, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of approximately 200,000 US homes. B.
In November 2014, AWS revealed its long-term commitment to reach 100 percent renewable energy use for its global infrastructure facilities. Over the past two years, thanks to ambitious initiatives, AWS has achieved above and beyond its goal of reaching 2016 percent renewable energy use in 40, and has set a new goal of operating using 50 percent renewable energy by the end of 2017.
In addition to investing in solar projects and wind projects, which provide more renewable energy to the power grids that operate the AWS cloud data centers, the company continues to modernize its facilities and services, to increase energy efficiency, as well as promote federal and state policies in the US, with the aim of creating an energy environment A fan renews. For example, in Ohio Amazon is advocating changes to the local law dealing with the minimum distance between industrial wind turbines and residential areas, to encourage more investment in renewable wind energy projects.
This second wind project in Ohio joins the Amazon Wind Farm US Central (with a production capacity of 100 MW) in Paulding County, announced by AWS in November 2015, which will begin generating wind energy in May 2017. Other AWS projects in the US in the field of renewable energy include a wind farm in Indiana (100 MW) and a wind farm In Virginia (80 MW) - both are already producing electricity. A wind farm in North Carolina (280 MW) is under construction and expected to start generating electricity by December 2016.
"We remain committed to achieving our long-term goal of running the AWS cloud with 100 percent renewable energy," said Peter DeSantis, vice president of infrastructure at AWS. "There are many things involved in making this vision a reality, including governments implementing policies that encourage the production of cost-effective renewable energy, businesses that buy this energy, economically renewable projects from our development partners and power companies, as well as technological and operational innovation that promotes greater efficiency in our global infrastructure. We continue to push on all these fronts, to advance the achievement of our renewable energy goals."
Beyond the existing initiatives that focus on supplying energy to the AWS global infrastructure, Amazon is investing in a number of other clean energy activities throughout the company. Examples of other projects include Amazon's wind farm in Texas (253 megawatts), green roofs, and an energy project that uses recycled energy to heat Amazon's Seattle offices.
Learn more about Amazon's sustainability initiatives: www.amazon.com/sustainability
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