Member spotlight: Amazon Web Services
Fabio Montemurro, Principal at Amazon Web Services
With our Innovation Workshop on 29 April fast approaching, we're shining a spotlight on the member companies helping Energy Systems Nexus shape the future of energy.
This week, we caught up with Fabio Montemurro at Amazon Web Services, where he's responsible for identifying and developing pioneering energy projects.
We asked Fabio about Amazon's ambition for Energy Systems Nexus – and what a whole-systems approach to Net Zero means for one of the world's most influential technology companies.
What role does Amazon want to play in shaping the future of a cleaner energy system?
Amazon is committed to reaching Net Zero carbon by 2040 – a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement goal – and is one of the world's largest corporate buyers of renewable energy.
As we continue to invest in infrastructure at scale, we recognise that our role extends beyond being an energy consumer. We want to be an active partner in accelerating grid decarbonisation, supporting the development of clean energy solutions and helping to build an energy system that works for everyone.
Why did you become a member of the Nexus?
We need a grid that is clean, reliable and capable of integrating new sources of demand and generation at scale. The Nexus brings together the right mix of voices – across generation, infrastructure, policy, and end users – to tackle the whole system challenges that no single organisation can solve alone.
What role do you think the Nexus can play in the UK's Net Zero transition?
The Nexus fills a critical gap: it connects analysis to action. The UK's Net Zero transition requires decisions to be made across the entire energy system simultaneously – generation, storage, networks, demand and policy – and those decisions need to be grounded in rigorous, whole system evidence.
The Nexus can provide that evidence base in a way that is independent, credible and co-developed with the industries that will implement it. For a country with the UK's ambition and timeline, that kind of coordinated R&D isn’t a nice-to-have – it’s essential.
What do you hope will be achieved by bringing a diverse set of energy system actors together to co-fund work on areas of common need?
The energy transition will not be delivered by any single sector working in isolation. We hope this collaboration accelerates scalable solutions, reduces duplication of effort across the industry, and builds the shared evidence base that gives decision-makers the confidence to act faster.
Nexus members are hosting an Innovation Event in London on 29 April. If you’re interested in joining other likeminded changemakers to help define how we deliver whole systems projects in the pursuit of Net Zero, please register your interest here.