Amazon Australia has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements across New South Wales and Victoria, adding 430 megawatts of carbon-free energy capacity to the National Electricity Market and bringing its total contracted capacity in the country to 990MW.
In a media release, the company said the agreements form part of its largest single-year renewable energy investment in Australia and contribute to its broader goal of reaching net-zero carbon across its operations by 2040.
According to Amazon Australia, the expanded portfolio now spans 20 renewable energy projects nationwide. Once fully operational, these projects are expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than half a million Australian households annually.
The newly signed projects include one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) hybrid developments, four distributed solar-BESS hybrid projects, and additional battery storage at the previously announced Mokoan Solar Farm.
The company said the inclusion of battery storage is intended to strengthen grid reliability while increasing the supply of clean energy.
Amazon Australia noted that eight of the nine new agreements incorporate battery storage, marking the company’s first solar-battery hybrid projects in Australia and its first deployment of this model outside the United States.
From 2020 to 2025, Amazon said it invested an estimated AU$2.8 billion in renewable energy projects across Australia. The company added that some developments, including the Muswellbrook solar farm, are located on rehabilitated or brownfield land, such as former coal mining sites, while others incorporate agricultural co-use, including livestock grazing alongside solar infrastructure.
Matt O’Rourke, head of infrastructure and energy policy for Australia and New Zealand at Amazon Web Services, said the agreements reflect the company’s ongoing investment in renewable energy.
“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,” O’Rourke said.
He added that the integration of storage alongside renewable generation supports the company’s growing infrastructure needs.
“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,” he said.
O’Rourke said the long-term agreements are also intended to support project development and provide stability in energy costs.
“These long-term, storage-backed PPAs enable new projects to proceed and help to stabilise electricity costs. These projects help accelerate Australia’s clean energy transition and are part of Amazon’s Climate Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040,” he said.
Amazon Australia said its renewable energy investments form part of its broader Climate Pledge commitments, while its cloud division is also pursuing water sustainability initiatives, including treated wastewater solutions for data centre cooling, as part of a target to be water positive by 2030.
