Amazon’s wind and solar farms have helped generate an estimated $349 million (around ₹2,885 crore) in economic investment for India’s communities between 2014–2022. The projects have also contributed approximately $87 million (about ₹719 crore) to the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP) and supported more than 20,600 local full-time equivalent jobs in 2022 alone, according to a new economic model developed by Amazon.

The wind farm in Osmanabad is the seventh utility-scale renewable energy project announced by Amazon in India within the past year. The company has also announced a total of 43 rooftop solar projects, which are helping to power local Amazon facilities. Once all 50 projects are operational, they are expected to generate the energy equivalent of powering more than 1.1 million homes in New Delhi each year, and will provide clean power for Amazon’s data centres, logistics facilities, physical stores, and corporate offices, Amazon said in a press release.

Over the past several years, Amazon has collaborated closely with policymakers, regulators, and broad groups of industry stakeholders to expand corporate renewable energy procurement options in India, bringing these new projects online and enabling others to also scale new renewable energy projects.

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