BP to help Amazon Web Services supply renewable energy to data centres

Starting in 2021, BP will begin supplying AWS' servers with 170 MW of renewable energy each year.

The energy will be generated by a new wind farm in Västernorrland, Sweden, and a new solar farm in Spain. Over time, BP and AWS expect to increase the amount of clean power supplied to 400 MW.

AWS provides customers with computing power, storage and databases remotely, and on an as-needed basis. Pooling computing in this way is more efficient, but the huge scale of AWS' operations creates large demands for power.

Due to BP's global energy trading business – a 3000-strong team working to match energy supply with demand around the world – more of that power will now be renewable.

The agreement also demonstrates BP's ability to connect energy-intensive businesses with clean energy suppliers. And using its extensive trading capabilities, BP is able to pair different kinds of renewables – such as wind and solar – to help keep power flowing on cloudy or windless days.

Robert Lawson, Chief Operating Officer for global gas at BP Supply and Trading said, "BP and AWS are both targeting reductions in emissions from their respective operations. One way BP can play an important role in helping our customers is by using our trading capability and scale to deliver innovative, reliable and flexible supplies of low-carbon and renewable power to major corporate customers and partners".

Read the article online at: https://www.energyglobal.com/wind/05122019/bp-teams-up-with-amazon-web-services-to-supply-renewable-energy-to-its-european-datacentres/