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Avangrid has signed a brand new PPA with Amazon to supply power from Avangrid’s 98.4 MW Amazon Wind Farm Oregon – Leaning Juniper IIA, positioned in Gilliam County.
This repowering venture is anticipated to increase the lifetime of the present wind farm and improve its effectivity. It consists of 40 generators, estimated to provide sufficient power to energy 22,800 houses yearly.
“We’re proud to have signed this settlement with Amazon, an organization that shares our dedication to accelerating the worldwide transition to renewable power,” says Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “With tasks like this, we’re not solely supporting Amazon’s local weather targets, however creating jobs and contributing to native communities.”
“Amazon is worked up to announce our first utility-scale renewable power venture in Oregon,” provides Amazon’s Abhishek Sharma. “The venture provides to the two gigawatts of renewable power capability Amazon has already enabled throughout the western U.S. grid. This has contributed to Amazon being the world’s largest company purchaser of renewable power for 4 years working, and can assist Amazon stay on a path to using 100% renewable power for the electrical energy powering its operations by 2025.”
Avangrid has executed contracts to recycle all turbine blades decommissioned with this venture, estimated to divert greater than 1,000 tons of mass from landfill.