
On January 29, 2025, Amazon disclosed four new solar PPAs totaling 65MWAC it signed in Japan. Combined with its five previously signed off-site PPAs, Amazon has secured 183.5MWAC of solar and onshore wind through nine deals to date.
Two of the new agreements, each 10MWAC, involve solar in Hokkaido. HEXA Renewables Japan is the counterparty in one of the deals. The generator of the other deal has not been disclosed. While the exact power plants that are part of the PPA with HEXA were not disclosed, according to METI data, the company has 14 FIP-certified projects totaling 12MWAC/14MWDC (0.3 to 1.8MWAC each) in the TSO area. The deal potentially involves a combination of some of those.
The largest of the four is a PPA with EDP Renewables Japan involving a 35MWAC/44MWDC power plant under construction in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, in the Tohoku TSO area. “This contract with Amazon reinforces our collaboration in the APAC region that first began in 2021,” said EDP Renewables APAC’s statement on LinkedIn. According to the statement, the 20-year PPA is expected to supply over 48GWh per year starting from Q3 2025.
Lastly, Amazon also signed a PPA with X-ELIO Japan for its 10MWAC/14MWDC Funaki Solar Power Plant in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the Chugoku TSO area. The power plant is expected to be commissioned mid-this year and generate approximately 19GWh per year, all of which will be supplied to Amazon for 20 years.
Amazon’s five existing deals include four solar PPAs with Mitsubishi, Clean Energy Connect, Kaihan’s KR Energy 1, and ENEOS Renewable Energy totaling 86MWAC, and one 33MWAC onshore wind PPA with Cosmo Eco Power. Available details of those deals, as well as of the newly disclosed ones can be found in the Japan Energy Hub PPA database.
Separately from the off-site PPAs, Amazon is also developing rooftop solar. It expects to be sourcing approximately 320GWh per year from the renewable projects it has committed to so far once all nine off-site PPAs and 16 rooftop power plants it is working on are operational.