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Cully Community Solar

Siegenthaler-Rodriguez, Tatiana [Verde, Portland, OR (United States)]
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This report summarizes the outcomes, accomplishments, challenges, and lessons learned from Verde’s Cully Community Solar project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office. The project focused on advancing community solar development through engineering, permitting, interconnection, ecological site design, workforce development, and community engagement. During the project period, Verde and its partners successfully developed and commissioned a 1.25 MW ground-mounted community solar system while also advancing planning for additional community solar capacity and developing approaches that can inform future projects in complex urban environments.

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Siegenthaler-Rodriguez, Tatiana [Verde, Portland, OR (United States)]. 2026-08-07. Cully Community Solar. https://doi.org/10.2172/3402856

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