Despite a history heavy on using fossil fuels as energy sources, West Virginia is preparing for a wind energy makeover through American energy company Clearway’s newest improvements to its Mount Storm wind farm.
While the project launched in 2006 with 132 wind turbines at 2 megawatts each, CleanTechnica reported the latest “repowering project” intends to prioritize efficiency by cutting the original statistic down to 78 turbines at 4.3 megawatts each — a total capacity of 335 megawatts, up from the original 264, with only about half the space.
Clearway’s current and former partnerships, including those with the likes of Microsoft and Vestas, suggest a “strategic investment in domestically manufactured equipment,” such that the upcoming repowered turbines “will be built with American-made equipment,” the company said, per CleanTechnica.
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