35 Teams Will Tackle 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition Challenge

Sept. 11, 2024

A team of students all standing together

The winners of the 2024 CWC gained hands-on experience to prepare them to join wind energy's future workforce!

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that 35 college and university teams have qualified to participate in the 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) during the first half of the 2024–2025 school year. After the first half of the academic year, the competition will be narrowed down to 12 teams, who will present their final work at an event in May 2025.

Since 2014, the CWC has helped prepare the future wind industry workforce, which, along with a robust supply chain, is essential to wind energy's growth. The CWC invites teams of college students to:

  • Design, build, and test a model wind turbine
  • Develop a site plan and cost-of-energy analysis for a hypothetical wind farm
  • Conduct outreach to the wind energy industry, their communities, and local media outlets.

The 2025 CWC challenges competitors to address siting, outreach, and development challenges associated with floating offshore wind energy projects. Each of the 35 qualifying teams will receive $2,000 in funding to begin designing their prototype wind turbine, creating their wind energy project development plans, and conducting their outreach activities.

Meet the teams representing their schools and learn more about the CWC.