Amazon is installing rooftop solar panels on more than 15 fulfillment facilities in the U.S. this year to generate clean energy for the centers to run on, and it has plans to deploy solar systems on 50 fulfillment and sorting centers globally by 2020, according to a company press release.
The initial round of installations will generate up to 41 megawatts of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. However, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs, depending on location, time of year and other factors.
