IN Brief:
- Amazon signs a 110 MW offshore wind power purchase agreement with RWE.
- The power comes from Nordseecluster B, scheduled for 2029 operation.
- Deal supports Amazon’s net-zero goal and German renewable build-out.
Amazon and RWE have signed a power purchase agreement for 110 megawatts of offshore wind capacity from RWE’s Nordseecluster B project in the German North Sea, extending Amazon’s approach of locking in long-term renewable supply to support its operational electricity demand across logistics sites and data infrastructure.
RWE says the contracted 110 MW is expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 139,000 German households annually. The project is located around 50 kilometres north of the German island of Juist, and forms part of a larger development being built in two phases. Nordseecluster A (660 MW) is under construction and scheduled for commissioning in early 2027, while Nordseecluster B will add a further 900 MW with commercial operation scheduled for 2029. The overall project is owned by RWE (51%) and Norges Bank Investment Management (49%).
For RWE, corporate offtake remains a central financing and risk-management tool for capital-heavy offshore wind build. Ulf Kerstin, Chief Commercial Officer at RWE Supply & Trading, said: “Power Purchase Agreements like this one with Amazon are crucial for accelerating Germany’s decarbonisation while strengthening long-term security of supply.” He added that enabling large-scale offshore projects brings more reliable, carbon-free electricity onto the grid.
For Amazon, the agreement sits inside a broader renewables procurement strategy tied to its 2040 net-zero goal. RWE says Amazon already has six onsite solar projects in Germany, and that this is Amazon’s fourth large-scale offshore wind PPA in the country. Combined, Amazon’s German renewables portfolio totals more than 790 MW across 10 projects, which — once fully operational — are expected to generate enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of more than one million German homes annually.
Rocco Bräuniger, Amazon Country Manager for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, framed the deal as part of Germany’s energy transition, saying the agreement “helps advance that vision” and supports renewable capacity growth “for generations to come.”
The agreement also links to a wider commercial relationship between the companies. RWE says the PPA builds on a strategic framework agreement signed in June 2025, under which RWE supports Amazon’s carbon-free energy goals while Amazon Web Services provides cloud services, AI, and data analytics to support RWE’s digital transformation. RWE adds that Amazon has contracted more than 1 GW of renewable capacity across multiple RWE projects globally, and that this deal is the first collaboration between the two companies outside the United States.
From a supply chain perspective, the direction of travel is clear: energy procurement is being treated as a structured input to operational continuity, cost control, and decarbonisation planning — particularly for organisations with large, power-intensive site footprints and growing compute demand.
