Amazon has signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) with ENGIE, increasing its share of output from an offshore wind farm in Scotland when it becomes operational later this year.

The agreement takes the retailer’s share of Ocean Winds’ Moray West wind farm to a total of 473MW, which is enough energy to power around 650,000 UK homes annually.

Amazon, which claims it is the largest purchaser of renewable energy worldwide, says that the CPPA supports its goal of powering all operations with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of its original target.

While Amazon announced 39 new renewable energy projects across Europe in 2023, adding more than 1GW of clean energy capacity to grids in the region, during the same year the company was accused of “greenwashing on a grotesque scale”.

A report by the Telegraph published in January last year said that some of the products made in the e-commerce giant’s eco-friendly range were made up to 5,000 miles away and packaged in single-use plastic.

“Transitioning to carbon-free energy sources is one of the most impactful ways to lower carbon emissions, and is part of our Climate Pledge commitment to reach net zero carbon across our operations by 2040,” said Lindsay McQuade, director of energy, EMEA, Amazon Web Services (AWS). “We are on track to meet our ambitious goal of powering our global operations with 100 per cent renewable energy by 2025, and in 2022, 90 per cent of electricity consumed by Amazon was attributable to renewable energy sources.

“Projects like Moray West will play a critical role in decarbonising Amazon’s operations and the UK grid, with this agreement demonstrating Amazon’s commitment to this ambition.”

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