Cypress Creek Renewables Partners with Project Vanguard to Bring Together Veterans in Clean Energy
Nov. 5, 2025 – DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Veterans gathered this week to network, swap stories, and advance career opportunities at an event sponsored by Project Vanguard and Cypress Creek Renewables.
The happy hour event, held at Cypress Creek’s office space in Durham’s Research Triangle Park, brought together veterans working in clean energy as well as those looking for career opportunities powering our nation.
“Seeing all these veterans together reminded me why I’m a proud member of Project Vanguard. It’s about more than jobs or networking. It’s about community, purpose, and service after service. The same grit and teamwork that carried us in uniform are the same traits driving the clean energy future,” said Greg Gebhardt, Director of Government Affairs at Cypress Creek and Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserve. “I’m proud that Cypress Creek Renewables is helping create a space where veterans can continue to lead, build, and power what’s next.”
Project Vanguard is an organization committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment for veterans to support the energy transition by advocating for clean energy projects and connecting former military to meaningful private sector careers.
“Events like this are what Project Vanguard is all about, building the community of veterans in energy and infrastructure. It’s easy to pay lip service to the military, but it shows real commitment to employ and deploy veterans in careers to support our energy security,” Kevin Doffing, CEO of Project Vanguard said. “Partners like Cypress Creek Renewables are leading in this industry and showing how veterans continue to serve their country, now by providing the energy we all use.”
Cypress Creek and Project Vanguard look forward to hosting more events across the state to bring together veterans who are passionate about bolstering clean, affordable, domestic energy production benefiting our country and its energy security.
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. Since inception, Cypress Creek has commercialized more than 12GW of projects and has a more than 3GW portfolio of operating and under construction solar and storage assets. 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.