Amazon Fulfillment Center with solar panels in Baltimore, Maryland. | Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Amazon now claims that it is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world. The company’s investment in wind and solar projects grew to 6.5 GW, enough to power 1.7 million homes in the US for a year. That surpasses Google, which previously said it held the title as the biggest corporate buyer with 5.5 GW of renewable energy projects under contract.
The move is part of Amazon’s commitment to limit the damage it does to the planet. Last year, it pledged to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2040, meaning it will take measures to reduce its planet-heating pollution as much as possible and then cancel out the rest with carbon offsets. It also said its physical infrastructure would run...
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