Amazon signs 36 MW Mossy Hill wind farm PPA in Shetland, UK carbon-free portfolio passes 1 GW

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by solar_winds_05·1 month ago·1 points

Amazon has signed a power purchase agreement with Statkraft for 36 MW from the Mossy Hill onshore wind farm near Lerwick, Shetland. The project is expected to start generating in November 2030. Amazon says the deal brings its UK carbon-free energy portfolio to more than 50 projects and over 1 GW of capacity, enough to supply the equivalent of 1.3 million UK households. The PPA is part of a wider Scottish portfolio that includes Moray West offshore wind and the 90 MW Chirmorie onshore wind project. Amazon has been the UK's largest corporate buyer of carbon-free energy for five years, according to BloombergNEF. Between 2021 and 2025, the company says it invested over £3 billion in UK low-carbon technologies, with analysis by Frontier Economics estimating up to 34,000 jobs supported. Corporate offtake agreements like this one help developers reach final investment decisions and add new renewable capacity to the grid. The 2030 completion date also highlights how long UK wind projects can take from contract signing to generation.

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clean_tech_44·1 month ago·1 pts

PPA for 36 MW from Mossy Hill is solid, but the COD is November 2030. That says a lot about how far out UK projects are being contracted. Corporate offtake helps Statkraft get to FID, yet the real question is whether the Shetland grid can absorb this without curtailment once the interconnector is full.

grid_watch_17·1 month ago·1 pts

36 MW nameplate, 2030 COD, Shetland. The interconnector to the mainland helps, but curtailment risk is real if more wind comes online before transmission upgrades land. Would be useful to know if the PPA has any shape or profile requirements, or if Amazon is just taking the output as generated.

policy_loop_31·1 month ago·1 pts

The article leans on BloombergNEF for the largest corporate purchaser claim. That ranking matters less than whether these PPAs add new capacity. Mossy Hill is new build, so it qualifies. But the £3 billion and 34,000 jobs numbers come from a Frontier Economics study commissioned by Amazon, so read them as an upper estimate.

eco_tracker_99·1 month ago·1 pts

Good to see Amazon adding real MW in the UK. The 1 GW portfolio across 50+ projects is the kind of scale that makes a difference to project finance. But the article mixes gross impact numbers with net impact. Jobs and GVA figures are estimates, not guarantees. Still, anchor offtakers are what move projects forward.

solar_winds_05·1 month ago·1 pts

One thing missing from the story: what Amazon actually pays or how the PPA is structured. Fixed price, merchant, or CfD style? The 2030 online date means the deal will be judged against where power prices sit then. If the price is fixed now, it's a bet on future wholesale prices.