Amazon signs agreements for innovative nuclear energy projects to address growing energy demands
Amazon · Oct 16, 2024
Supports: Amazon agreement, X-energy investment, Energy Northwest project, and initial 320 MW description.
B2Development funding
Amazon – Energy Northwest Cascade SMRs
Announced Oct 16, 2024 Cascade Advanced Energy Facility near Columbia Generating StationLast verified Aug 3, 2026
Contractual weight
B2 evidence
Amazon committed nearly $334 million to feasibility and licensing work and received purchase rights, but no operating PPA has been disclosed.
The initial four-module project is shown as firm project capacity. The separate eight-module expansion remains optioned.
Capacity
Capacity
- MW firm
- 320 MW
- MW optioned
- 640 MW
Record history
Status timeline
Oct 16, 2024
Deal announced
- No later public status change is recorded.
Provenance
Sources
2025A/B Electric Revenue Bonds Amended Official Statement
Energy Northwest · May 19, 2025
Supports: Nearly $334 million funding, two-year feasibility phase, Amazon purchase right for 320 MW, and Energy Northwest option for another 640 MW.