Amazon Australia has announced the signing of nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) across New South Wales and Victoria, adding 430 MW of carbon-free energy capacity to Australia’s National Electricity Market. With this development, the company’s total renewable energy portfolio in the country will reach 20 projects, with a combined capacity of 990 MW once fully operational enough to power more than half a million Australian households annually.
The new portfolio includes a wide range of clean energy solutions, such as one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) hybrid projects, four distributed solar-BESS hybrid systems, and a new battery installation at the Mokoan Solar Farm, which was announced earlier. These new features should make the grid more stable and give us more clean electricity.
Amazon has put about AU$2.8 billion into renewable energy projects in Australia from 2020 to 2025. This shows that the company is committed to long-term sustainability and expanding clean energy in the area.
Key Highlights:
- 9 new PPAs signed across New South Wales and Victoria
- 430 MW of new carbon-free energy capacity added
- Portfolio expands to 20 projects totaling 990 MW
- Mix includes wind, solar, and solar-BESS hybrid projects
- 8 out of 9 projects include battery storage
- First solar-battery hybrid projects for Amazon in Australia and outside the United States
The Muswellbrook Solar Farm is unique because it is being built on land that has been cleaned up or is brownfield land, including areas that were once used for coal mining. This helps the environment recover. Agricultural co-use is also part of a few other projects, such as letting animals graze near solar panels. This shows that renewable infrastructure can be good for farming and the economy in the area.
Amazon’s growing focus on battery energy storage comes at a critical time for Australia’s energy transition, as both government and industry prioritize storage to balance supply and demand, improve grid reliability, and support renewable integration.
Matt O’Rourke, AWS Head of Infrastructure and Energy Policy for Australia and New Zealand, said, “This is Amazon’s largest single-year renewable energy investment in Australia and brings our total investment in renewable energy projects in Australia to AU$2.8 billion since 2020. We’re proud to be helping accelerate the transition to a more sustainable energy future.”
He added, “As we expand our cloud and AI infrastructure, we’re powering it not only with carbon-free energy, but also battery storage that strengthens grid reliability and proves data centres can run confidently on an increasingly renewables-based system.”
These long-term, storage-backed PPAs will enable new projects to move forward while helping stabilize electricity costs. The initiative aligns with Amazon’s Climate Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its operations by 2040, alongside AWS’s goal to become water positive by 2030 through sustainable solutions such as treated wastewater use for data centre cooling.
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