Amazon And Meta Tap Japan's Itochu For Clean Energy Supply

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  • Japanese trading house Itochu Corp ITOCF agreed to supply wind-generated power solar energy to Amazon.Com Inc AMZN in Japan via Clean Energy Connect Co, Ltd.
  • CEC inked a deal with Amazon to develop non-FIT low-pressure solar power plants in 700 sites dedicated to supplying 70 MW DC and 38 MW AC power to Amazon in Japan by 2024. 
  • Amazon migrated the sources of all of the energy used in its business operations to renewable energy by 2025 and aimed to procure renewable energy worldwide.
  • Itochu inked a deal with Fengate Asset Management to invest in the Prairie Switch Wind Project, which is currently under construction in Texas and will have a total generating capacity of 160 MW.
  • Itochu inked a corporate power purchase agreement with Meta Platforms Inc META in the U.S.
  • The Texas Wind Power Plant Project comprised 48 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 3.4 MW each and a total generating capacity of 160 MW. It will likely reach commercial operation at the end of 2023.
  • Price Action: AMZN shares closed higher by 0.16% at $99.70 on Tuesday.
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