Avangrid and Amazon Expand U.S. Partnership with 98.4 MW Wind Project in Oregon
09 Fevereiro 2024 - 6:59PM
Business Wire
The wind farm will produce enough power for
22,800 homes each year
Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), a leading sustainable energy company
and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the signing of a
new power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon to source renewable
energy from an Avangrid wind farm located in Gilliam County,
Oregon. The Amazon Wind Farm Oregon – Leaning Juniper IIA will have
a capacity of 98.4 MW.
“We are proud to have signed this agreement with Amazon, a
company that shares our commitment to accelerating the global
transition to renewable energy,” said Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO.
“With projects like this, we are not only supporting Amazon’s
climate goals, but creating jobs and contributing to local
communities.”
“Amazon is excited to announce our first utility-scale renewable
energy project in Oregon,” said Abhishek Sharma, Head of Energy
Strategy for Amazon Web Services (AWS). “The project adds to the 2
gigawatts of renewable energy capacity Amazon has already enabled
across the western U.S. grid. This has contributed to Amazon being
the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy for
four years running, and will help Amazon remain on a path to
utilizing 100% renewable energy for the electricity powering its
operations by 2025.”
Amazon Wind Farm Oregon – Leaning Juniper IIA is a repowering
project that will significantly extend the life of the existing
wind farm and make it work more efficiently. Consisting of 40
turbines, the wind farm will produce enough energy to power 22,800
homes every year. During construction, the project will support
about 200 jobs.
Additionally, Avangrid has executed contracts to recycle all
turbine blades that will be decommissioned with this project, which
is estimated to divert more than 1,000 tons of mass from
landfill.
“Repowering represents a tremendous opportunity for Avangrid to
capitalize on benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act,” said
Azagra. “Avangrid’s large existing onshore wind fleet will enable
many more repowerings like this one over the next decade. In doing
so, we take advantage of improving technologies to generate more
renewable power more efficiently and extend the positive impact
these projects deliver locally.”
Through the Avangrid Community Sponsorship Program, the wind
farm has contributed to local libraries, pre-schools, and
firefighters. Repowering the project through Amazon’s investment
ensures this work can continue. The project has also paid more than
$11 million in local property taxes to date, supporting public
services like education and safety, and these tax contributions
will continue after repowering.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be
the leading sustainable energy company in the United States.
Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $42 billion in
assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary
lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks
business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas
utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and
New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and
operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities
across the United States. Avangrid employs more than 7,500 people
and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and
2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best
corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities
and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable
Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical
Companies in 2023 for the fifth consecutive year by the Ethisphere
Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies
controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit
www.avangrid.com.
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