Mount Storm Energy Center Repower
LOCATION
Grant County
REPOWER CAPACITY:
335.4 MW
Power Purchase Agreement with
Microsoft
Located in Grant County, this wind farm is helping strengthen the West Virginia energy grid with homegrown renewable electricity. Starting in fall of 2025, the facility will undergo a full “Repower,” during which the wind turbines will be removed and replaced with newer models.
Repowering Mount Storm Energy Center will reduce the wind farm’s overall footprint while increasing the site’s generation.
Repowering Mount STorm:
The Mount Storm Energy Center Repower is underway in Grant County, West Virginia. Clearway Energy has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft for the repowered project.
Repowering Mount Storm will allow Clearway to upgrade the existing infrastructure with more efficient and reliable turbines. Clearway’s reinvestment in Grant County through this repowering will extend the local tax revenues, landowner payments, and high-quality jobs associated with this wind farm for another 35 years.
We are working toward completion of the Mount Storm repowering by the end of 2027. Clearway is thrilled to work with the available trained and skilled workforce in West Virginia to bring this project to fruition through a partnership with the West Virginia Affiliated Construction Trades.
What is a Repower?
As with most technologies, wind farms benefit from refurbishment and repowering as newer and more efficient equipment becomes available. A full repowering of the Mount Storm Energy Center means that the current turbines will be completely removed, recycled, and replaced with fewer turbines and more efficient, reliable, state-of-the-art technology.
By updating our fleet of turbines, the project will be able to provide more reliable power to the local grid.
CREATING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY & ECONOMY
Mount Storm Energy Center is powering Grant County with community-enhancing opportunities. The repower brings increase spending into the local community, helps grow the state and local tax base and renews our landowner lease and easement payments for 35 more years.
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Community benefits
$3.6M
community engagement package to support local schools, public safety, education, historic preservation, economic development, & public recreation.
State & Local taxes
$76M
$57 million in property tax revenue to Grant County, plus an additional $19 million in business & occupation tax to West Virginia.
Union jobs
250
Union labor construction jobs and extension of current operations workforce for 35+ years.
85% recycling commitment for mount storm repower
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The Mount Storm Repower commits to recycling at least 85% of retired equipment and materials, including aluminum, cabling, fiberglass and other turbine components.
Some turbine components, including blades and generators, can be repurposed at other wind farms. The scrap metal products from Mount Storm are going to a recycling facility in northern Virginia, which will help recover the value of the materials. The fiberglass blades will be recycled by a company in fiberglass/carbon fiber waste reclamation, recycling, and transformation services.
Clearway mandates stringent waste management plans with all of our repower construction partners to minimize our impact. During our 2021 repower of the Pinnacle Wind Farm in Mineral County, the team successfully recycled or repurposed 85% of materials and won an industry award for responsible practices.
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