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Royal Dutch Shell and renewables firm Eneco, owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp, will provide Amazon.com Inc’s European facilities with electricity from an offshore wind farm, they said on Monday.
Retail giant Amazon , which faces pressure from environmental activists over its carbon footprint, has vowed to be net carbon neutral by 2040. Starting in 2024, it will off-take 380 megawatts (MW) of capacity from the Hollandske Kust Noord offshore wind farm, which is being built jointly by Shell and Eneco, the two energy firms said without disclosing financial details.
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Shell and Eneco, two Dutch-based energy firms, announced they have agreed to power Amazon’s European facilities with renewable energy. The energy supply will be generated by the Hollandske Kust Noord wind farm, which is being constructed off the coast of the Netherlands by the two energy companies. Starting in 2024, Amazon will off-take 380 megawatts of capacity from Hollandske Kust Noord.
Eneco will provide 130 megawatts while Shell will provide 250 megawatts, Shell said in a statement. Hollandse Kust Noord will have a total capacity of 759 megawatts and is scheduled to generate at least 3.3 terawatt hours per year, starting in 2023, according to Eneco.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell and renewables firm Eneco, owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp, will provide Amazon.com Inc’s European facilities with electricity from an offshore wind farm, they said on Monday.
Retail giant Amazon, which faces pressure from environmental activists over its carbon footprint, has vowed to be net carbon neutral by 2040. Starting in 2024, it will off-take 380 megawatts (MW) of capacity from the Hollandske Kust Noord offshore wind farm, which is being built jointly by Shell and Eneco, the two energy firms said without disclosing financial details.
Eneco will provide 130 MW and Shell 250 MW under the deal, Shell said in a separate statement.