Amazon, the world’s largest cloud company, predicted that it’s going to change into the most important buyer of renewable energy in the subsequent few years.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy appeared in a public discussion on the ‘Climate Pledge Summit’ held in Recent York, USA on the twenty sixth and said, “Amazon will likely be the most important purchaser of renewable energy in just a few years.”
The Climate Pledge Summit was held throughout the ‘Recent York Climate Week’ held together with the United Nations General Assembly, and CEO Jesse went on stage with Amazon Sustainability Chief Kara Hirst to discuss sustainability leadership.
The Climate Pledge goals to cut back carbon emissions to zero by 2040, a schedule 10 years ahead of the Paris Climate Agreement.
CEO Jesse said that to this end, Amazon has change into the world’s largest purchaser of renewable energy over the past 4 years and has promoted greater than 500 wind and solar energy projects. It was also reported that the corporate operates greater than 24,000 electric delivery vehicles worldwide and has built the most important private charging infrastructure in the USA.
It was also revealed that improving delivery route efficiency by regionalizing the logistics network also helped reduce carbon emissions. The reason is that the logistics network in the USA was reorganized into eight hubs to cut back air transportation and use delivery vehicles to cut back exhaust gases.
There was also a positive response to nuclear power generation. This was lower than every week after Microsoft (MS) announced an influence purchase agreement (PPA) to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.
He also said, “Nuclear energy is a very important strategy for achieving Amazon’s climate goals.” He cited for example the primary nuclear energy contract signed with Tallen Energy to operate AWS in Pennsylvania for AI services.
As such, 62% of renewable energy contracts from February last 12 months to February this 12 months were signed by big tech firms, including Amazon.
Reporter Jaeseung Lee energy@aitimes.com
