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Amazon to use green hydrogen for its transportation and building operations.
The deal with Plug Power will provide Amazon with enough green hydrogen to power 30,000 forklifts or 800 heavy-duty trucks.
Amazon today signed an agreement with Plug Power to supply 10,950 tons per year of green hydrogen for its transportation and building operations starting in 2025.
The company will start to use green hydrogen to replace grey hydrogen, diesel, and other fossil fuels as it works to decarbonize its operations, and this green hydrogen supply contract will provide enough annual power for 30,000 forklifts or 800 heavy-duty trucks used in long-haul transportation.
Currently, Amazon has more than 70 fulfillment centers outfitted with hydrogen storage and dispensing systems, which will allow it to start using green hydrogen to replace fossil fuels.
Amazon uses hydrogen to power over 15,000 fuel-cell propelled forklifts and has plans to grow that number to 20,000 across 100 fulfillment centers by 2025.
Amazon is also 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.
Kara Hurst, vice president of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon, said: Amazon is proud to be an early adopter of green hydrogen given its potential to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like long-haul trucking, steel manufacturing, aviation, and ocean shipping. We are relentless in our pursuit to meet our Climate Pledge commitment to be net-zero carbon across our operations by 2040, and believe that scaling the supply and demand for green hydrogen, such as through this agreement with Plug Power, will play a key role in helping us achieve our goals.
Andy Marsh, CEO of Plug Power, said: 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. Securing this major green hydrogen supply deal with a customer like Amazon affirms our multi-year investment and strategic expansion into green hydrogen. 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.
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