On April 14, 2021, NAEMA presented the discussion Getting to 100% Renewable Energy Supply for a Large Global Entity, featuring Kevin Helmich, Principal – Renewables & Energy Procurement, Amazon Web Services with Cham Kong – ACES Power Marketing/NAEMA Board of Directors and Steve Sheppard – NAEMA Executive Director serving as moderators.
During the discussion, Kevin provided his insights on questions such as: how does a large global entity like Amazon achieve a 100% renewable energy supply by 2025 – and, once there, how do they maintain that 100% while addressing other goals like Net Zero Carbon and electrification of delivery vehicles. He also shared insights on the critical transaction objectives of C&I end-users, challenges to achieving procurement objectives, and the next evolution of renewable energy supply transactions. Kevin was able to address those topics from his unique perspective of having worked on “both sides of the deal” over his many years of industry experience.