Amazon Web Services has entered its first carbon-free energy agreement in Malaysia. The company signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Elphil Energy to develop a 23 MW solar plant in Sungai Siput, Perak. This project supports Malaysia's goal of reaching 40 percent renewable energy capacity by 2035. For AWS, the deal is part of a global effort to reach net-zero carbon across all operations by 2040.
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AWS is finally putting some solar on the ground in Malaysia. 23 MW is a start, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to the power needs of a full cloud region.
Exactly. I wonder about the interconnection timeline for the Perak site. Does the local grid have the headroom for more intermittent solar without adding storage, or is this just a paper offset?
The real story here is the PPA structure. Malaysia is slowly opening up to corporate procurement of renewables. These deals create the price signals needed to move away from state-led fossil fuel projects.
True, but we need to see if these PPAs actually lead to new capacity or if they are just buying into existing projects. The article says it is a new plant, which is a plus.
