Klickitat County Chosen for Cypress Creek Renewables’ Scholarship Program

Feb 7

Written By Columbia Community Connection

From Cypress Creek Renewables:

By Lauren Altick

Goldendale, Ore. Feb. 7, 2025 – Cypress Creek Renewables (Cypress Creek) is pleased to announce the continuation of its Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship program. After awarding $81,000 in scholarships across 21 counties in 2024, the program is being offered to high school seniors in 26 counties this year, including in Klickitat County, Washington.

Cypress Creek will be awarding $2,500 one-time scholarships to up to 52 graduating high school seniors across the United States who have an interest in renewable energy or STEM-related careers.

“The Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship program has been a meaningful initiative in communities where we develop projects for two years now,” said Sarah Slusser, Chief Executive Officer of Cypress Creek. “We are excited to continue these efforts in 2025, and also to increase the amount of scholarship from previous years to make more of an impact on the next generation of scientists, engineers, environmental specialists and more!”

Two graduating seniors attending schools in Klickitat County will be selected and awarded $2,500 each, paid directly to the college they enroll in for Fall 2025 and for use towards tuition, housing or book and materials. Students pursuing a 4-year, 2-year, or certificate program at an accredited university or college located in the United States are eligible.

More information about the Energizing Tomorrow’s Leaders scholarship program, including application and eligibility requirements, can be found by visiting ccrenew.com/scholarships. The deadline to apply is April 14, 2025.

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About Cypress Creek Renewables

Cypress Creek Renewables is a leading renewables developer and independent power producer. It develops, finances, owns, and operates utility-scale and distributed solar and energy storage projects across the United States with a mission to power a sustainable future, one project at a time. Since its inception, Cypress Creek has commercialized 12GW of solar and storage projects. Today it owns more than 2GW of solar and storage and has a more than 20GW solar and storage pipeline. Cypress Creek’s leading O&M services business, Cypress Creek Solutions, operates and maintains more than 4GW of solar projects for customers across 24 states. For more information about Cypress Creek, please visit ccenew.com