Amazon Signs ‘Sun, Wind and Cloud’ Agreements with Iberdrola

Renewables major Iberdrola has selected Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) as its cloud provider for a digital strategy to support smarter grids,  customer engagement and connected clean power. Iberdrola and Amazon.com Inc. have also signed wind and solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) for projects in Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific Commenting on the announcement was Aitor Moso, director of Iberdrola’s retail business, who said: “The agreement today, combining sun, wind and cloud, will enable new renewable generation capacity around the world and accelerate the digital revolution in the energy sector.  “AWS technologies will support our digital strategy to continue increasing quality of supply and provide cleaner and fully-interconnected energy services for our customers.” Through the collaboration, Iberdrola will use the recently launched AWS Europe (Spain) Region and AWS cloud services to drive the energy company’s digital transformation plans. This includes collaborating on multiple sustainability-focused projects. Specifically, the companies are developing an Advanced Smart Assistant application to facilitate connectivity to, and autonomous control over devices such as EV chargers and solar panels. Other areas of collaboration include partnering on what they call the ‘electricity substation of the future’, which will make use of IoT and digital twins.
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