Amazon will buy renewable energy from a solar project in Garrett County, Maryland, that is being built on a brownfield — the former site of a 120-year-old coal mine. Amazon will use the new facility to power its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers as well as fulfillment centers and physical stores. The former coal site, which had to be cleaned of toxins, is particularly attractive because it already has access to an energy interconnection and substations. Amazon is the largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy since 2020, according to the company. Turning the former coal site into a solar farm "is a metaphor for the energy transition," Sahlstrom added.

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Persons: Nat Sahlstrom, Sean Finnerty, Finnerty, Amazon's Sahlstrom, Sahlstrom Organizations: Amazon, Web Services, Power Ventures, Renewable Energy, CPV Locations: Garrett County , Maryland, U.S, Maryland