Who We Are
Cypress Creek Energy is an independent power producer and energy developer. We bring an owner’s mindset to our work, building projects that deliver long-term value for the communities where we operate. Our team is guided by shared values and a culture of continuous improvement.
Reliable power for America’s growing energy needs that can’t wait
For more than a decade, Cypress Creek has developed projects across the country, earning a reputation as one of the most experienced solar and storage developers in the United States.
We approach our work with discipline and care, combining technical expertise with a long-term perspective to deliver reliable, cost-effective energy and lasting community benefits.
Our Shared Values
These company values guide our behavior, decisions, and the way we work as a team at Cypress Creek.
We care about the safety and well-being of our team, our communities and the environment, and we carefully deploy our resources.
Our team exemplifies this value through our company giving and volunteer work, environmental initiatives, safety standards and the overall thoughtful approach to every project we undertake.
We take smart risks, we speak up, and we make decisions. We learn and constantly improve.
The Cypress Creek team embraces a culture of continuous improvement. We leverage our experience as an owner and operator to apply lessons learned to each new project we develop.
We innovate to create valuable projects. We embrace new ideas and find solutions to hard problems.
Our team utilizes cutting-edge technology, real world data and our own deep well of experience to overcome challenges and succeed.
We are committed to making the world cleaner and healthier. We do the right thing when our values are challenged.
We hold ourselves and our partners to the highest standard from our community and environmental work to our human rights and supply chain tracing commitments. We ensure we never give up on our guiding principles.
We come from different backgrounds to do our work together as one team.
We bring the diversity of our team’s experience, skills and strengths together to create something even greater than the sum of its parts. From finance professionals to operations experts and everyone in between, we know that our work is best accomplished together.
Care
We care about the safety and well-being of our team, our communities and the environment, and we carefully deploy our resources.
Our team exemplifies this value through our company giving and volunteer work, environmental initiatives, safety standards and the overall thoughtful approach to every project we undertake.
Courage
We take smart risks, we speak up, and we make decisions. We learn and constantly improve.
The Cypress Creek team embraces a culture of continuous improvement. We leverage our experience as an owner and operator to apply lessons learned to each new project we develop.
Creativity
We innovate to create valuable projects. We embrace new ideas and find solutions to hard problems.
Our team utilizes cutting-edge technology, real world data and our own deep well of experience to overcome challenges and succeed.
Conviction
We are committed to making the world cleaner and healthier. We do the right thing when our values are challenged.
We hold ourselves and our partners to the highest standard from our community and environmental work to our human rights and supply chain tracing commitments. We ensure we never give up on our guiding principles.
Collaboration
We come from different backgrounds to do our work together as one team.
We bring the diversity of our team’s experience, skills and strengths together to create something even greater than the sum of its parts. From finance professionals to operations experts and everyone in between, we know that our work is best accomplished together.
Making a Difference
Cypress Creek’s contribution goes beyond solar panels and battery cells installed and megawatts produced. We’re making a difference through our work each and every day.
11M metric tons
of CO₂ offset by our fleet of owned solar and storage projects since inception
$4.5B+ Invested
in projects from inception through the end of 2024
400+ team members
working together to achieve our mission
Learn More About Cypress Creek
Led by an experienced management team, we develop, finance, operate, and own utility-scale solar power plants and battery storage assets across the country.
Founded in 2014, Cypress Creek has grown from start-up to a leader in the solar and storage industry.
From our workplaces to the communities where we work and live, to the environment we share, Cypress Creek is making a difference through partnerships, meaningful giving, environmental initiatives, good corporate governance, and more.
Cypress Creek people are drawn to work in a purpose-driven organization. We care about future generations and are inspired by the scale we continue to achieve through our experience and attention to every project we develop, operate, manage, and own.
A decade of harnessing the power of the sun
Cypress Creek has grown exponentially since our founding, becoming an established leader in the industry and an experienced developer with projects commercialized in 22 states, operated in 24 states, and team members working across the country.
Cypress Creek was founded
Cypress Creek was founded more than 12 years ago. Today we have corporate offices in California, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., with team members across the country.
Cypress Creek’s first portfolio of projects were placed in service
The 26MW of solar capacity, located in North Carolina, began delivering energy to the electric grid, supplying clean energy to North Carolinians and launching Cypress Creek into the renewable energy space.
The acquisition solidified Cypress Creek as a force for solar energy and economic development in the Southeast
Cypress Creek gained 350MW of operational projects, 600MW of near-term pipeline and a host of talented team members, some of whom still hold top leadership positions in the company.
Crossing the 1 GW milestone propelled Cypress Creek forward to continue growing our development pipeline exponentially
The Cypress Creek Control Center (C4) is located in our flagship office in Durham, North Carolina
One of just a handful of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) – Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliant control centers in the country operated by a solar-only company, the C4 allows our team to provide 24/7/365 operations to third-party assets and those we own.
Company shifted to a new strategy centered on long-term value creation
At the heart of the Go Forward strategy is creating a renewable Independent Power Producer, with the full suite of capabilities to develop, build, own, and operate solar and storage projects for the long-term.
Cypress Creek had a renewed focus on development in dynamic wholesale markets, such as PJM and ERCOT, expanded its customer base to include corporate customers in addition to utilities, and shifted to a third-party model for Engineering, Procurement and Construction.
The Fleet of Cypress Creek Owned and Operated Fleet reached 2 GW
Today Cypress Creek owns and operates 2.4 GW of solar and storage projects. Together, they produce enough energy to power more than 415,000 American homes and businesses.
EQT Infrastructure became sole owner of Cypress Creek Renewables
EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization, supports Cypress Creek’s continued growth and strategic vision through the execution of our project development pipeline, optimization of the internal fleet of projects, and the scaling of the operations and maintenance services business, Cypress Creek Solutions.
Construction began on Zier, a large-scale hybrid solar plus storage site.
The site, in Brackettville, Texas, was connected to the grid in 2024. The 208 MW site has a 40 MW, two-hour battery system, which came online in 2024 and immediately began helping to stabilize the ERCOT grid.
Cypress Creek continues to develop their battery storage business using the technology to increase grid stability
Brazos Bend is located outside of Houston, Texas. The 100 MW system can power about 25,000 Texas homes for one hour.
Steel River Energy Center features 2.5 GW of solar + 2.9 GWh of battery storage
The $4.5B+ project, under development in Mississippi County, Arkansas, underscores Cypress Creek’s commitment to maximizing the use of American-made products and bolstering domestic manufacturing
2014
Founded
Cypress Creek was founded
Cypress Creek was founded more than 12 years ago. Today we have corporate offices in California, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C., with team members across the country.
December 2014
First projects come online
Cypress Creek’s first portfolio of projects were placed in service
The 26MW of solar capacity, located in North Carolina, began delivering energy to the electric grid, supplying clean energy to North Carolinians and launching Cypress Creek into the renewable energy space.
November 2016
Cypress Creek acquires North Carolina-based FLS Energy
The acquisition solidified Cypress Creek as a force for solar energy and economic development in the Southeast
Cypress Creek gained 350MW of operational projects, 600MW of near-term pipeline and a host of talented team members, some of whom still hold top leadership positions in the company.
December 2017
Cypress Creek reaches 1 GW
Crossing the 1 GW milestone propelled Cypress Creek forward to continue growing our development pipeline exponentially
April 2018
Cypress Creek opens control center
The Cypress Creek Control Center (C4) is located in our flagship office in Durham, North Carolina
One of just a handful of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) – Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliant control centers in the country operated by a solar-only company, the C4 allows our team to provide 24/7/365 operations to third-party assets and those we own.
July 2019
Cypress Creek commits to IPP model as the Go Forward strategy
Company shifted to a new strategy centered on long-term value creation
At the heart of the Go Forward strategy is creating a renewable Independent Power Producer, with the full suite of capabilities to develop, build, own, and operate solar and storage projects for the long-term.
Cypress Creek had a renewed focus on development in dynamic wholesale markets, such as PJM and ERCOT, expanded its customer base to include corporate customers in addition to utilities, and shifted to a third-party model for Engineering, Procurement and Construction.
2020
Owned assets reach 2 GW
The Fleet of Cypress Creek Owned and Operated Fleet reached 2 GW
Today Cypress Creek owns and operates 2.4 GW of solar and storage projects. Together, they produce enough energy to power more than 415,000 American homes and businesses.
October 2021
EQT Infrastructure Buys Cypress Creek
EQT Infrastructure became sole owner of Cypress Creek Renewables
EQT, a purpose-driven global investment organization, supports Cypress Creek’s continued growth and strategic vision through the execution of our project development pipeline, optimization of the internal fleet of projects, and the scaling of the operations and maintenance services business, Cypress Creek Solutions.
August 2022
First large-scale battery begins construction
Construction began on Zier, a large-scale hybrid solar plus storage site.
The site, in Brackettville, Texas, was connected to the grid in 2024. The 208 MW site has a 40 MW, two-hour battery system, which came online in 2024 and immediately began helping to stabilize the ERCOT grid.
July 2024
First stand-alone energy storage asset placed in service
Cypress Creek continues to develop their battery storage business using the technology to increase grid stability
Brazos Bend is located outside of Houston, Texas. The 100 MW system can power about 25,000 Texas homes for one hour.
2026
Cypress Creek acquires one of America's largest solar plus battery storage projects
Steel River Energy Center features 2.5 GW of solar + 2.9 GWh of battery storage
The $4.5B+ project, under development in Mississippi County, Arkansas, underscores Cypress Creek’s commitment to maximizing the use of American-made products and bolstering domestic manufacturing