The agreements will add 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.
Eight of the nine deals also incorporate battery storage, representing Amazon’s first solar-battery hybrid projects in Australia.
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,
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.
“(It) brings our total investment in renewable energy projects in Australia to AU$2.8 billion since 2020,” he said.
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