He says Plug Power essentially created the hydrogen economy. The goal of reducing the amount of greenhouse gas produced is one that an Albany-based company with a big new facility in Rochester takes seriously.Īndy Marsh is excited about the future, largely based on his company’s past track record in green energy. It’s a term used often by politicians, businesses and utilities. Learn more about Amazon’s sustainability efforts.HENRIETTA, N.Y. Amazon is also delivering on its Shipment Zero vision to make all Amazon shipments net-zero carbon, with 50% net-zero carbon by 2030, and purchasing 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian, the largest order ever of electric delivery vehicles. We are already on a path to power our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of the original target of 2030. To reach our goal, we will continue to reduce emissions across our operations by taking real business actions to decarbonize our operations. The Pledge now has more than 300 signatories, including Best Buy, IBM, Microsoft, PepsiCo, Siemens, Unilever, Verizon, and Visa. The investment is part of the Climate Pledge Fund, Amazon’s $2 billion venture investment program that supports the development of sustainable technologies and services.Īmazon co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019, committing to reach net-zero carbon by 2040-10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. In addition to the supply contract with Plug Power, Amazon recently announced that it has invested in two companies developing electrolyzer technology to increase green hydrogen production. We are honored to help Amazon meet its ambitious sustainability goals and look forward to possibly expanding our relationship through the use of other hydrogen applications, such as fuel-cell electric trucks and fuel-cell power generation stations that could provide electricity to Amazon buildings and the deployment of electrolyzers in fulfillment centers.” “Securing this major green hydrogen supply deal with a customer like Amazon affirms our multi-year investment and strategic expansion into green hydrogen.
“Plug is fully committed to a green hydrogen future, and we are building a complete hydrogen ecosystem-from molecule to applications combined with a resilient network of green hydrogen plants around the world-to make hydrogen adoption easy for companies looking to reach net-zero carbon emissions,” said Andy Marsh, CEO of Plug. Our supply agreement for green hydrogen not only reinforces Amazon’s commitment to urgent climate action, but signals to the industry a need to expand the hydrogen economy. However, to help power Amazon’s operations and meet our net-zero commitment, more hydrogen-powered equipment needs to be made commercially available. It can also be used in “fuel cells,” where hydrogen and oxygen mix in a reaction that creates electricity with no direct emissions of pollutants or greenhouse gases at the point of use. Hydrogen can be used as a fuel similar to natural gas or diesel through a combustion process. “Across Amazon’s operations, we’re exploring and testing the use of other hydrogen applications, such as fuel-cell electric trucks and fuel-cell power generation stations providing electricity to Amazon buildings.”įorklifts are just one use-case for scaling hydrogen, and many more potential uses are under development. That’s just the start,” said Dean Fullerton, vice president of Global Engineering and Security Services at Amazon. Today, we use that system to power over 15,000 fuel-cell propelled forklifts, with plans to grow that number to 20,000 across 100 fulfillment centers by 2025. “We already have more than 70 fulfillment centers outfitted with hydrogen storage and dispensing systems, which will allow us to start using green hydrogen to replace fossil fuels. Large purchase agreements like this one help foster the growth of green hydrogen, which is produced through a zero-carbon pathway using water and renewable electricity. When it comes to hydrogen, the challenge is that over 95% of supply is currently made from fossil fuels.
As the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy, Amazon continues to invest in a range of technologies because no single solution can fully close the emissions gap to net-zero carbon.
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