Amazon Australia signs nine new renewable energy deals, taking Australian capacity to nearly 1GW

• Amazon Australia has signed nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements across New  South Wales and Victoria, adding 430MW of new capacity to the National Electricity Market and lifting  its total contracted renewable footprint to 990MW nationwide. 
• The new portfolio spans one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery hybrids, four distributed  solar-battery projects, and new battery storage at the previously announced Mokoan Solar Farm,  strengthening grid reliability while expanding clean, carbon-free energy supply. 
• This marks Amazon’s largest renewable energy investment in a single year and supports its goal of  reaching net-zero carbon across its operations emissions by 2040. 

Amazon Australia has today announced nine new renewable energy power  purchase agreements (PPAs) across New South Wales and Victoria, adding 430 megawatts (MW) of new  carbon-free energy capacity to the National Electricity Market. This brings the company's total investment in  the country to 20 renewable energy projects, with a combined capacity of 990MW once fully operational— enough to power the equivalent of more than half a million Australian households annually. 

The newly signed portfolio includes one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system  (BESS) hybrid projects, four distributed solar-BESS hybrids, and a new battery installation at the previously  announced Mokoan Solar Farm, strengthening grid reliability while expanding the supply of clean  energy. From 2020 to 2025, Amazon invested an estimated AU$2.8 billion in renewable energy projects in  Australia. 

The Muswellbrook solar farm is located on rehabilitated or brownfield land, including sites redeveloped from  former coal mining areas, contributing to environmental restoration outcomes. Others incorporate  agricultural co-use, such as livestock grazing between panels, demonstrating that renewable energy  infrastructure can coexist with farming and support regional economies. 

Eight of the nine deals also incorporate battery storage, representing Amazon’s first solar-battery  hybrid projects in Australia, and a first for this type of project for the company outside of the United States. 

Amazon’s investment in BESS comes at a pivotal moment in Australia’s energy transition, as both  governments and industry are scaling storage solutions to stabilise the grid, balance renewable energy  supply and demand in real time, and strengthen reliability across the National Electricity Market, adding  brand-new sources of carbon-free energy to the power grid that everyone uses—the same grid that powers  homes, hospitals, and schools. 

Matt O’Rourke, AWS Head of Infrastructure and Energy Policy, Australia and New Zealand, said: 

“This is Amazon’s largest single-year renewable energy investment in Australia and brings our  total investment in renewable energy projects in Australia to AU$2.8 billion since 2020. We’re proud to be  helping accelerate the transition to a more sustainable energy future.”

“As we expand our cloud and AI infrastructure, we’re powering it not only with carbon-free energy, but  also battery storage that strengthens grid reliability and proves data centres can run confidently on an  increasingly renewables-based system.” 

“These long-term, storage-backed PPAs enable new projects to proceed and help to stabilise electricity  costs. These projects help accelerate Australia’s clean energy transition and are part of Amazon’s Climate  Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040.” 

Amazon’s investments in carbon-free energy are part of our Climate Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon  across our operations by 2040. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is also advancing water sustainability initiatives  as part of its goal to be water positive by 2030, including treated wastewater solutions for data centre  cooling. 

Learn more about Amazon’s ongoing commitment to sustainable operations at About Amazon.
New PPA Agreements: 

Project name	Tech	Renewable Energy Capacity in MW	BESS Capacity  in MW	State	Developer
Golden Plains 2	Wind	201.8	N/A	VIC	TagEnergy
Muswellbrook	Solar + BESS	94.5	70	NSW	OX2
Forest Glen	Solar + BESS	72	72	NSW	X-ELIO
Laceby	Solar + BESS	48	60	VIC	Anza
Stanbridge	Solar + BESS	3.5	3.8	NSW	Anza
Indigo	Solar + BESS	3.5	3.6	VIC	Anza
Barnawartha	Solar + BESS	3.5	3.6	VIC	Anza
Mooroopna	Solar + BESS	3.4	3.4	VIC	Anza
Mokoan	BESS	N/A	32	VIC	European Energy