Amazon continues the renewable energy Spree with a purchase of 476 MW

Renewable energy sources have noted another victory when Amazon signed contracts to buy 476 megawatts and solar energy on the Iberian Peninsula.

Multinational utility electricity agreements Iberdrola must help Amazon submit new data centers it has planned in the region. Last May, the company said it would invest $ 17 billion In infrastructure projects, including data centers in Spain.

Amazon’s power bill has recently risen as it adds data centers to deal with the growing demand for AI and cloud services.

One of the projects in which Amazon buys – the Tâmega wind farm – is built with a massive hydroelectric system for dams in Portugal. The complex consists of a total of three dams, one of which is an 880-megawatt pump dam.

Pumping storage facilities have two tanks, one higher in elevation, one lower. When power is required, the water is separated from the upper tank for rotating turbines. When there is excess power, massive pumps displace the water from the lower tank to the top. Pump storage is actually a massive battery.

The 274-mega wind turbines installed in TâMEGA will supply power into the network through the existing connection of the hydro complex and when there is excess, it can be used to pump water into the upper tank. Such hybrid installations ensure that power can be supplied into the network sequentially by otherwise periodic renewable resources such as wind and solar energy.

Amazon also buys some of the power of more typical wind and solar power plants in northwestern Spain. Last year, the company was the largest buyer of renewable energy.

Technical companies buy energy from renewable projects at a rather consistent rate, partly driven by how quickly and cheap winds can be installed wind, solar energy and batteries. Last month Meta said he signed two large solar energy dealsand Microsoft and Google Earlier, they announced that each of them supported multi-billionate renewable investments.