By Sabela OjeaAmazon.com and Avangrid have signed an agreement that will allow the ecommerce giant to source renewable energy from a new U.S.-based wind farm. Avangrid, the sustainable energy arm of Spanish electricity company Iberdrola, on Friday said it would build a wind farm in Oregon that would help Amazon remain on a path to only use renewable energy to power operations by 2025. The wind farm would have a capacity of 98.4 megawatts, with enough energy to power 22,800 homes in a year, and would employ 200 people during its construction, Avangrid said. Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities and a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities in the U.S.Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix(END) Dow Jones Newswires02-09-24 1738ET

Source: Wall Street Journal February 10, 2024 00:16 UTC