Amazon Launches Biggest Wind Farm Yet – Company’s Renewable Energy Projects Will Together Generate Enough Clean Energy to...
2017年10月19日 - 10:00PM
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Amazon Wind Farm Texas will generate over
1,000,000 MWh of clean wind energy each year
Amazon has launched 18 wind and solar projects
across the U.S., with more to come
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced that its largest wind farm
yet—Amazon Wind Farm Texas—is now up and running, adding more than
1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid each year. Amazon has
launched 18 wind and solar projects across the U.S., with over 35
more to come. Together, these projects will generate enough clean
energy to power over 330,000 homes annually. These projects also
support hundreds of jobs and provide tens of millions of dollars of
investment in local communities across the country.
Amazon Wind Farm Texas includes more than 100 turbines – each
over 300 feet tall with a rotor diameter more than twice the
wingspan of a Boeing 787. Amazon Wind Farm Texas is built, owned,
and operated by Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), an I Squared Capital
portfolio company and a leading developer of wind and solar
projects across the U.S. Amazon, LCE, and local officials and
residents celebrated the grand opening of the wind farm with a BBQ
event onsite. To thank and support the local community, Amazon is
donating $50,000 to the Snyder Education Foundation to provide
students and teachers with STEM learning opportunities.
“Investing in renewable energy is a win-win-win-win – it’s right
for our customers, our communities, our business, and our planet,”
said Kara Hurst, Amazon’s Worldwide Director of Sustainability. “We
now have 18 wind and solar projects across the U.S. with more than
35 projects to come. These are important steps toward reaching our
long-term goal to power our global infrastructure using 100%
renewable energy. We’d like to thank the leaders at LCE, the Scurry
County community, and our partners across the country who are
helping us continue to bring new renewable energy online.”
“I applaud Amazon’s leadership in supporting renewable power.
Corporations like Amazon have become a major force in the
transition to renewable power, and with their involvement, we look
forward to producing power in Scurry County for years to come,”
said Declan Flanagan, founder and CEO of LCE.
“Scurry County has long been a hub for the energy industry and
we’re excited to expand our commitment to wind power generation
with Amazon and LCE. The wind industry has boosted the Texas
economy with jobs, revenue to area landowners, and property taxes
that support our schools,” said Scurry County Judge Ricky
Fritz.
In addition to its investment in renewable energy, Amazon’s
commitment to sustainability includes innovations like
Frustration-Free Packaging programs, which eliminated more than
55,000 tons of packaging last year, the District Energy system at
its HQ in Seattle that heats more than 3 million square feet of
office space using recycled heat from a nearby non-Amazon data
center, and more. You can learn about Amazon’s sustainability and
environmental work at www.amazon.com/sustainability.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather
than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to
operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews,
1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment
by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets,
Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and
services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit
www.amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
About Lincoln Clean Energy
Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) is a leading developer of U.S. wind
and solar projects with offices in Chicago, IL and Austin, TX.
Since 2011, LCE has developed over 1,500 megawatts of renewable
power projects in California, New Jersey, and Texas. LCE is a
portfolio company of I Squared Capital and expects to deploy up to
$250 million in equity investments through 2018. For more
information, visit: www.lincoln-clean-energy.com.
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Lincoln Clean EnergyWendy Prabhu,
512-215-4452lce@mercomcapital.com
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