May 01, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Microsoft has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Clearway Energy Group in West Virginia which will see Microsoft granted access to energy generated by the 335MW Mount Storm wind farm located in Grant County, West Virginia.
Valerie Wooley, SVP of Origination at Clearway, said: “We are proud to support the development of renewable energy and economic growth in the community.”
Mount Storm, which has been operational since 2008, is currently going through a process of repowering. The repowering, which was announced last November, is expected to cost around $735 million, and will replace the wind farm's 132 aging turbines with 78 new “state-of-the-art” machines.
Clearway has a portfolio of 11.8GW of gross capacity across 26 US states. Of this, 9.1GW is wind, solar, and battery energy storage, with the remaining 2.8GW flexible dispatchable power. Flexible dispatchable power refers to a generation source that can be turned off and on and adjusted to meet demand, such as natural gas or hydropower.
