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Amazon signs 600MW offshore wind PPA with Skyborn in Germany
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Amazon has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Skyborn Renewables for 600MW of capacity from the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
Key facts
- The project secured a construction permit in late 2025, and construction is expected to commence in the summer of 2026
- Amazon Web Services' main area of operations in the German market is in Frankfurt, where it has operated a cloud region since 2014
- Founded in 2000, the firm is a portfolio company of BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners
- Amazon has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Skyborn Renewables for 600MW of capacity from the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea
Summary
The PPA is the largest ever in the German market, and is tied to the 976.5MW Gennaker offshore wind farm. According to Skyborn, the PPA will enable it to advance the construction of the wind farm, which is expected to comprise 63 15MW turbines. “By signing our largest power purchase agreement in Germany, we're giving Skyborn the certainty to move forward with Gennaker, bringing nearly 1GW of new offshore wind capacity onto the grid, strengthening Germany's energy security, and supporting jobs and investment in the region,” said Rocco Bräuniger, country manager of Amazon Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. “This agreement with Amazon marks a defining milestone for Gennaker and Skyborn.