Amazon Australia signs nine new renewable energy deals, taking Australian capacity to nearly 1GW

• Amazon Australia has signed nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements across New South Wales and Victoria, adding 430MW of new capacity to the National Electricity Market and lifting its total contracted renewable footprint to 990MW nationwide.
• The new portfolio spans one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery hybrids, four distributed solar-battery projects, and new battery storage at the previously announced Mokoan Solar Farm, strengthening grid reliability while expanding clean, carbon-free energy supply.
• This marks Amazon’s largest renewable energy investment in a single year and supports its goal of reaching net-zero carbon across its operations emissions by 2040.
• According to BloombergNEF's latest data, Amazon was the largest corporate purchaser of carbon-free energy in Australia for 2025, and one of the leading purchasers worldwide.

Australia, 16 April 2026: Amazon Australia has today announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) across New South Wales and Victoria, adding 430 megawatts (MW) of new carbon-free energy capacity to the National Electricity Market. This brings the company's total investment in the country to 20 renewable energy projects, with a combined capacity of 990MW once fully operational—enough to power the equivalent of more than half a million Australian households annually.  

The newly signed portfolio includes one wind farm, three utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) hybrid projects, four distributed solar-BESS hybrids, and a new battery installation at the previously announced Mokoan Solar Farm, strengthening grid reliability while expanding the supply of clean energy. 

From 2020 to 2025, Amazon invested an estimated AU$2.8 billion in renewable energy projects in Australia with BloombergNEF recognising Amazon as the largest corporate purchaser of carbon-free energy in Australia in 2025.

The Muswellbrook solar farm is located on rehabilitated or brownfield land, including sites redeveloped from former coal mining areas, contributing to environmental restoration outcomes. Others incorporate agricultural co-use, such as livestock grazing between panels, demonstrating that renewable energy infrastructure can coexist with farming and support regional economies. 

Eight of the nine deals also incorporate battery storage, representing Amazon’s first solar-battery hybrid projects in Australia, and a first for this type of project for the company outside of the United States.  

Amazon’s investment in BESS comes at a pivotal moment in Australia’s energy transition, as both governments and industry are scaling storage solutions to stabilise the grid, balance renewable energy supply and demand in real time, and strengthen reliability across the National Electricity Market, adding brand-new sources of carbon-free energy to the power grid that everyone uses—the same grid that powers homes, hospitals, and schools. 

Matt O’Rourke, AWS Head of Infrastructure and Energy Policy, 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.”  

“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 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.” 

This latest investment complements Amazon’s previously announced AU$20 billion investment alongside The Hon. Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister, to expand data centre infrastructure in Australia by 2029, strengthening Australia’s cloud and AI capabilities. This landmark investment in expanding data centres in Sydney and Melbourne is supporting the increasing demand for cloud computing and AI, and enabling organisations of all sizes to accelerate AI adoption, innovate, and modernise their operations. 

Amazon’s investments in carbon-free energy are part of our Climate Pledge goal to reach net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is also advancing water sustainability initiatives as part of its goal to be water positive by 2030, including treated wastewater solutions for data centre cooling. 

Learn more about Amazon’s ongoing commitment to sustainable operations at About Amazon. 

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