OVERLAND PARK, Kansas and MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — March 20, 2020

ITOCHU Corporation (“ITOCHU”) and Tyr Energy, Inc. (“Tyr”) announced that they have agreed to provide tax equity financing to Aspenall Energies (Delaware), LLC’s Kimball Wind and South Fork Wind projects (hereinafter, “Aspenall” and the “Projects”). The fully operational Projects are located in Nebraska and Minnesota and have a combined nameplate capacity of 43 MW.

“ITOCHU and Tyr are an enterprise with a long history and a wealth of energy expertise. We are honored to partner with them in their efforts to address climate change and gender equality, in furtherance of the international community’s Sustainable Development Goals,” said Raoul Slavin Juliá, Managing Director at Aspenall.

The Projects were developed and built by Aspenall and are located in the upper Midwest, one of the most notable areas in the United States in terms of wind power generation potential. The Projects consist of eighteen towers utilizing General Electric’s 2 MW onshore wind turbine platform. Commercial operation was achieved in December of 2016 for South Fork Wind and in June of 2018 for Kimball Wind. Together, the Projects produce enough electricity to power approximately 16,000 US households and have 20-year offtake agreements with Iowa-based Muscatine Power & Water and the Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, respectively.

“We look forward to an exciting and mutually beneficial long-term relationship with Aspenall,” said Garry Venteicher, Chief Executive Officer at Tyr. Going forward, Tyr aims to further expand its presence in the United States renewable sector with an increased focus on origination and development activities in solar, wind, battery and other renewable energy sources. Tyr’s emphasis on the renewable sector is in line with the ITOCHU Group Corporate Philosophy, “Committed to the Global Good”, and the “ITOCHU spirit” of sampo yoshi (Good for the seller, Good for the buyer, and Good for society).

About Aspenall

Aspenall Energies (Delaware), LLC (“Aspenall”) was founded in 2007 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Treehouse Investments, LLC, a boutique distributed-infrastructure firm dedicated to addressing climate change and gender equality. Treehouse is a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and an Investors’ Council member of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). Aspenall is a developer, owner, and operator of distributed-scale wind projects throughout the Midwest, and provides development capital to early-stage wind and solar projects throughout the US and Canada.

For more information, please visit www.aspenall.com and www.treehouseinvestments.com.

About ITOCHU and Tyr Energy

ITOCHU has an ownership interest in 15 power generation projects in the United States through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tyr Energy Inc. (“Tyr Energy”). Tyr Energy is a developer, long term owner, and manager of power generation projects. This is ITOCHU and Tyr Energy’s sixth investment in a wind generation project in the United States. ITOCHU also runs a service business providing operations and maintenance (“O&M”) services for power plants through its wholly-owned subsidiary, NAES Corporation. NAES has more than 180 power plants under contract totaling approximately 49,000 MW making it one of the largest O&M services providers in the world. ITOCHU continues to diversify its power business with a focus on power generation and related services, seeking to further enhance the value of its portfolio companies.

For more information please visit www.itochu.co.jp and www.tyrenergy.com

Aspenall Energies (Delaware), LLC partner with ITOCHU Corporation and Tyr Energy, Inc. on tax equity financing of two wind projects