October 1, 2020: The US Energy Storage Association has appointed Amazon Web Services’ energy projects manager Peter Hans Hirschboeck to its board, the trade association announced on September 21.

His focus will be to help Amazon achieve its net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.

“To achieve these goals, Amazon is innovating with new energy technologies that enable us to better integrate the renewable energy from our wind and solar projects as well as better manage energy use at our facilities,” said Hirschboeck.

“Energy storage is a piece of this effort, and I look forward to working with the board to support ESA in its mission: to accelerate the widespread use of competitive and reliable energy storage systems in North America.”

Hirschboeck has had a long career in the energy industry, having been involved with providing strategy and analysis for utility, distributed energy and financial organizations, the ESA said.

”Amazon is committed to powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, and we believe that their leadership gives all our members insight and understanding as to how corporations can achieve those goals when considering energy resources,” said Kelly Speakes-Backman, CEO of ESA.