[CPEO-BIF] "Amazon will turn Maryland coal mine into state’s largest solar project"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Amazon will turn Maryland coal mine into state’s largest solar project

By Kelsey Misbrener
Solar Power World
November 13, 2023

Amazon is announcing its first two utility-scale renewable energy projects in Maryland, including the company’s first renewable energy project built on a brownfield.

The two projects are among 78 new solar and wind projects that Amazon is announcing it has invested in so far this year. The company now has 479 wind and solar projects globally, and once operational, will generate enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 6.7 million U.S. homes.

The projects are helping power Amazon’s operations, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, Amazon fulfillment centers and physical stores, while also providing new sources of clean power to local communities where the projects are located. Amazon is currently on a path to powering 100% of its operations with renewable energy by 2025, and the company achieved 90% renewable power in 2022. The company is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy since 2020.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2023/11/amazon-will-turn-maryland-coal-mine-into-solar-project/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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