Waad ku mahadsan tahay deeqda Sanduuqa Horumarinta La Cusbooneysii karo ee 2019 (RDF) ee ka timid Portland General Electric, EMSWCD waxay awooday inay iibsato oo ku rakibto nidaamka sawir-qaadista ee 70kW at Beerta Headwaters. Baallayaasha cadceedda ayaa lagu rakibay laba dhismo oo beerta ah waxayna bilaabeen inay ku quudiyaan korantada shabkada Abriil 2020. Sannadkii ugu horreeyay ee soosaarka qorraxda, nidaamka tamarta dib loo cusboonaysiin karo wuxuu soo saaray 84 megawatt-saacadood, ama ku filan inuu kabo ku dhawaad 90% isticmaalka korontada sanadlaha ah ee beerta! Tani waxay la mid tahay kaydka biilka korontada ee beerta oo ka yar $10,000 sanadka.
Mashruuca Headwaters solar waxaa suurta galiyay taageero laga helay Sanduuqa Horumarinta Dib-u-cusboonaynta ee PGE, kaas oo ku tabarucay $55,566 wadarta kharashka mashruuca $155,374. Hay'adda Tamarta ee Oregon waxay sidoo kale ku biirisay $23,715. Wadar ahaan in ka badan 50% kharashka mashruuca waxaa daboolay Hay'adda Energy Trust iyo PGE's RDF, iyada oo hadhaaga uu ka yimid EMSWCD.
Nancy Hamilton, oo ah Agaasimaha Fulinta ee EMSWCD, ayaa tiri mashruuca: “Waan ku faraxsanahay inaan ka dhalinno koronto beerta oo aan yareyno raadkeena kaarboonka. Waxaan aad ugu mahadcelineynaa PGE iyo macaamiishooda mustaqbalka Cagaaran, iyo sidoo kale Hay'adda Tamarta ee Oregon, gacan ka geysata sameynta mashruucan qoraxda. Ku rakibida qoraxda Headwaters Farm waa fursad muuhim ah oo muujinaya beeralaydayada iyo booqdayaasha Beerta Headwaters, iyo bulsho weynta aan u adeegno. Mashruucu waxa kale oo uu macno badan noo sameeyay dhaqaale ahaan”. Akhri wax dheeraad ah