Amazon announces 3 new renewable energy projects in India

Amazon today announced investments in three new wind projects in India, emphasizing the company’s broader commitment to matching the electricity consumed by our operations with renewable energy, and advancing progress toward its Climate Pledge goals. 
Across India, Amazon has now enabled a total of 53 solar and wind projects to date, which together will provide more than 4 million megawatt hours (MWh) of new carbon-free energy in the country, providing sufficient energy capacity to power the equivalent of more than 1.3 million Indian homes.  The projects include 9 utility-scale solar and wind farms across the country, as well as onsite solar arrays on 44 local buildings that host Amazon operations. 
Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Electronics & Information Technology, and Information and Broadcasting, stated, “Under the leadership of PM India is rapidly emerging as a global leader in the clean energy transition. Clean energy is not only about sustainability; it is  our goal of producing 50% of our electricity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.''
Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Minister of State of Power and New and Renewable Energy, said, 
''The Centre remains committed in its efforts to support such initiatives, and I encourage other global corporations to invest in our green energy future."
Avinash Shekhar, Head, APJC Energy and Water Strategy, AWS. “As the top corporate purchaser of solar and wind since 2020, we’ve invested in more than 600 solar and wind projects globally, including more than 50 in India, which is part of our Climate Pledge commitment to attempt to reach net zero carbon emissions across our operations by 2040.”
The latest projects that Amazon has signed include three new wind energy projects, which are CleanMax Koppal, BluPine Solapur, and JSW Energy Dharapuram. CleanMax Koppal is a 100 Mega Watt (MW) wind farm located in Karnataka. BluPine is also a 99 MW wind project located in Maharashtra. The JSW Energy Dharapuram is a 180 MW wind project is located in Tamil Nadu, South India.