Akari & Company and Clean Energy Connect Form Business Alliance

Akari & Company Inc. (Representative Director: Ryuta Kitagawa) and Clean Energy Connect Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Teppei Uchida) are pleased to announce the signing of a business alliance agreement for collaboration aimed at enhancing corporate renewable energy procurement and advanced decarbonization management. ## Background: Decarbonization from “Cost” to a Source of “Competitiveness” Against the backdrop of increasing demands for RE100 and SBT compliance and emission reductions across the entire supply chain, renewable energy procurement has become a critical management issue that impacts corporate value. However, for many companies, the following structural challenges act as barriers to decision-making: - Inability to formulate optimal renewable energy procurement strategies, leading to isolated measures. - Difficulty in implementing advanced schemes such as off-site corporate PPAs and prosumer power companies. - Challenges in designing solutions that simultaneously satisfy cost, stable supply, and environmental value. - Lack of execution capability to achieve 24/7 carbon-free energy. To solve these challenges, an integrated system that can execute "strategy design" and "renewable energy securing/operation" without fragmentation is essential. ## Aim of the Business Alliance: End-to-End Support from Strategy to Implementation Through this alliance, the strengths of both companies will be integrated to establish a system that provides end-to-end support for corporate renewable energy procurement, from strategy formulation to execution and operation. - Overview - By combining the functions of both companies, we will provide end-to-end support for corporate customers' renewable energy procurement. - Role Sharing - - Support for overall planning and strategy formulation for renewable energy procurement. - Support for designing highly flexible procurement schemes. - Support for launching and operating prosumer power companies to increase flexibility in renewable energy procurement. - Support for introducing storage batteries to maximize renewable energy procurement. - - Development and operation of small-scale solar power plants. - Provision of off-site corporate PPAs and virtual PPAs. - Formation of project and finance schemes tailored to customer needs, such as joint ventures (JVs). - Operational support through DX utilizing "CEC-Cloud®" for projects. - Provision of 24/7 carbon-free energy (24/7CFE) utilizing storage batteries. ## Value Proposition: “Actionable Decarbonization” Directly Linked to Management Decisions Through this alliance, we will provide the following value to corporate executives and sustainability managers: - Elimination of the disconnect between strategy and execution - Formulation and execution of renewable energy procurement strategies that go beyond theoretical plans and consider implementation. - Cost and risk optimization - Realization of long-term cost stabilization through optimal procurement design that considers electricity price fluctuation risks. - Reliable achievement of Scope 2 reductions - Effective emission reductions through the introduction of additional renewable energy. - Realistic approach to 24/7CFE - Support for responding to progressively advanced decarbonization targets by utilizing storage batteries and other means. ## Future Outlook Through this alliance, both companies will evolve renewable energy introduction from a "procurement measure" to a "management strategy," supporting companies in strengthening their competitiveness and achieving both decarbonization. ## Company Overview ### Akari & Company Inc. Akari & Company is a company that supports corporate GX (Green Transformation). In addition to consulting functions that handle everything from renewable energy procurement strategy formulation to implementation support, it provides support for launching and operating prosumer power companies and renewable energy aggregation services. It has a track record of supporting companies such as Nomura Real Estate, Kansai Electric Power Energy Solutions, Chubu Electric Power Mirise, and Tokyu Power Supply. ### Clean Energy Connect Co., Ltd. Clean Energy Connect is a company that provides speedy and flexible one-stop green power solutions, from planning and implementation support for optimal green power introduction plans for decarbonization-oriented companies and RE100 participating companies, to post-introduction effect verification and goal achievement. Mainly, by installing Non-FIT small-scale solar power plants dispersed nationwide utilizing abandoned farmland (2,700 locations as of March 2026), it achieves speedy introduction of green power and planned CO2 reduction. Currently, it supports the decarbonization and RE100 goals of companies such as Dai-ichi Life Insurance, NTT Group, Tokyu, Hulic, Sugi Holdings, Fujifilm, Amazon, and Google. [Contact for this matter] Akari & Company Inc. E-mail: info@akari-n.co.jp Website: https://akari-n.co.jp/ Clean Energy Connect Co., Ltd. Corporate Headquarters E-mail: info@cleanenergyconnect.jp Website: https://cleanenergyconnect.jp/