<ul>
<li>协议推动清洁能源发展，加强美国就业，并推动下一代技术领导力</li>
<li>项目预计每年为约 19,000 户家庭供电，并避免每年排放 145,000 公吨二氧化碳</li>
</ul>
<p>PHOENIX--(商业资讯)--全球能源技术领导者施耐德电气与 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.（纳斯达克：SFM）今天宣布与美国银行和 Longroad Energy 合作达成了一项里程碑式的税收抵免转让（“TCT”）。该协议推动了位于亚利桑那州马里科帕县的 Sun Pond 太阳能 + 电池储能系统（BESS）项目——Sprouts 总部所在地——并代表着在 Sprouts 运营的社区中推动积极影响的重要一步。</p>
<p>施耐德电气顾问服务作为 Sprouts 的战略顾问，简化了可再生能源投资流程。该项目提供能源，改善空气质量，并通过电池储存增强当地电网的韧性。它还将有助于加强区域税基，为亚利桑那州社区带来长期的经济和环境利益。</p>
<p>Sprouts 的投资帮助上线了一个 111 MWdc 的太阳能和 85 MWac / 340 MWh 的储能项目，预计每年为约 19,000 户家庭供电，并避免每年排放 145,000 公吨二氧化碳。在其生命周期内，Sun Pond 将通过长期租赁和税收返还为亚利桑那州的学校和社区贡献超过 3000 万美元的收入。该项目还利用了美国制造的技术和劳动力发展，在建设期间雇用了超过 200 名工人，包括注册学徒。</p>
<p>“这项工作是基于 Sprouts 帮助人们更好地生活和饮食的使命，” Sprouts Farmers Market 的首席法律和可持续发展官 Brandon Lombardi 表示。“通过支持新的可再生能源项目，我们正在采取切实措施来关心我们的星球、人民和当地社区。”</p>
<p>Sun Pond 项目是 Longroad Sun Streams 综合体的一部分，配备了由美国公司 Fluence 提供的储能平台，系统中集成了美国制造的逆变器。建设已完成，商业运营已开始。</p>
<p>“这笔交易展示了像 Sprouts 这样的公司如何在负责任的可再生能源领域引领潮流，” 施耐德电气战略可再生能源副总裁 John Powers 表示。“通过施耐德电气顾问服务，我们帮助客户应对复杂的谈判，并提供与其气候目标相一致的解决方案。”</p>
<p>“美国银行感谢 SE 顾问服务的合作，以及 Sprouts 对我们在满足其财务和可持续发展目标的投资的信任，同时为可再生能源领域带来额外资本，” 美国银行社区发展和环境金融部门的税收抵免联合融资高级副总裁 Timmi Kloster 表示。“通过将 Sprouts 与 Longroad Energy 的 Sun Pond 太阳能和储能项目相结合，SE 顾问服务和美国银行的联合融资团队提供了一种量身定制的解决方案，提供可预测的税收利益，并帮助扩大亚利桑那州的清洁能源生产、储存和当地就业。”</p>
<p><strong>关于施耐德电气</strong></p>
<p>施耐德电气是一家全球能源技术领导者，通过电气化、自动化和数字化工业、企业和家庭来推动效率和可持续性。其技术使建筑、数据中心、工厂、基础设施和电网能够作为开放的、互联的生态系统运行，从而提高性能、韧性和可持续性。其产品组合包括智能设备、软件定义架构、人工智能驱动的系统、数字服务和专业顾问。施耐德电气在 100 多个国家拥有 160,000 名员工和 100 万名合作伙伴，始终被评为全球最可持续的公司之一。</p>
<p>施耐德电气的税收抵免顾问服务团队已为我们的企业客户在一系列清洁能源技术和税收抵免类型中促进了超过 20 亿美元的税收抵免转让。我们继续帮助客户创新，实现有意义的可持续影响。要了解税收抵免如何推动长期商业节省，请联系：taxcreditinvestment@se.com</p>
<p>www.se.com</p>
<p><strong>关于 Sprouts Farmers Market</strong></p>
<p>忠于其农场摊位的传统，Sprouts 提供独特的杂货体验，店内以新鲜农产品为核心，布局开放。Sprouts 自然地激励健康，提供精心策划的更健康产品，与有目标的人们相结合。这家健康杂货商继续推出最新的健康、创新产品，采用生活方式友好的成分，如有机、植物基和无麸质。Sprouts 总部位于凤凰城，是美国最大和增长最快的天然和有机食品专业零售商之一，雇佣约 36,000 名团队成员，在全国 25 个州运营超过 480 家门店。要了解更多关于 Sprouts 及其为社区带来的益处，请访问 sprouts.com/about/.</p>
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<p>Sprouts Farmers Market 与施耐德电气、美国银行和长桥签署了一项税收抵免转让协议，以推进亚利桑那州的太阳池太阳能 + 电池储能系统项目。该项目旨在每年为 19,000 户家庭提供电力，并减少 145,000 公吨的二氧化碳排放。该项目还将为当地学校和社区创造超过 3000 万美元的收入，同时在建设期间雇用超过 200 名工人。Sprouts 强调通过这一可再生能源投资对可持续性和社区影响的承诺</p>

<ul>
<li>Agreement advances clean energy development, strengthens American jobs, and drives next-generation technology leadership</li>
<li>Project expected to power approximately 19,000 homes annually and avoid 145,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions each year</li>
</ul>
<div class="lb-trans"><ul>
<li>协议推动清洁能源发展，加强美国就业，并推动下一代技术领导力</li>
<li>项目预计每年为约 19,000 户家庭供电，并避免每年排放 145,000 公吨二氧化碳</li>
</ul>
</div><p>PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, and Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFM), today announced a landmark Tax Credit Transfer (“TCT”) in collaboration with U.S. Bank, and Longroad Energy. This agreement advances the Sun Pond Solar + Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Maricopa County, Ariz. – home to Sprouts’ headquarters – and represents a significant step toward driving positive impact in the communities where Sprouts operates.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>PHOENIX--(商业资讯)--全球能源技术领导者施耐德电气与 Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.（纳斯达克：SFM）今天宣布与美国银行和 Longroad Energy 合作达成了一项里程碑式的税收抵免转让（“TCT”）。该协议推动了位于亚利桑那州马里科帕县的 Sun Pond 太阳能 + 电池储能系统（BESS）项目——Sprouts 总部所在地——并代表着在 Sprouts 运营的社区中推动积极影响的重要一步。</p>
</div><p>Schneider Electric Advisory Services served as a strategic advisor to Sprouts, streamlining the renewable energy investment process. The project delivers energy, improves air quality, and enhances local grid resilience through battery storage. It will also help strengthen the regional tax base, bringing long-term economic and environmental benefits to Arizona communities.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>施耐德电气顾问服务作为 Sprouts 的战略顾问，简化了可再生能源投资流程。该项目提供能源，改善空气质量，并通过电池储存增强当地电网的韧性。它还将有助于加强区域税基，为亚利桑那州社区带来长期的经济和环境利益。</p>
</div><p>Sprouts’ investment has helped bring online a 111 MWdc solar and 85 MWac / 340 MWh storage project, expected to power approximately 19,000 homes annually and avoid 145,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions each year. Over its lifetime, Sun Pond will contribute more than $30 million in revenue for Arizona schools and communities through long-term leases and tax remittances. The project also leverages American-made technology and workforce development, employing more than 200 workers during construction, including registered apprentices.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Sprouts 的投资帮助上线了一个 111 MWdc 的太阳能和 85 MWac / 340 MWh 的储能项目，预计每年为约 19,000 户家庭供电，并避免每年排放 145,000 公吨二氧化碳。在其生命周期内，Sun Pond 将通过长期租赁和税收返还为亚利桑那州的学校和社区贡献超过 3000 万美元的收入。该项目还利用了美国制造的技术和劳动力发展，在建设期间雇用了超过 200 名工人，包括注册学徒。</p>
</div><p>“This work is anchored in Sprouts’ purpose of helping people live and eat better,” said Brandon Lombardi, Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer of Sprouts Farmers Market. “By supporting new renewable energy projects, we’re taking tangible steps to care for our planet, people, and local communities.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这项工作是基于 Sprouts 帮助人们更好地生活和饮食的使命，” Sprouts Farmers Market 的首席法律和可持续发展官 Brandon Lombardi 表示。“通过支持新的可再生能源项目，我们正在采取切实措施来关心我们的星球、人民和当地社区。”</p>
</div><p>The Sun Pond project is part of the Longroad Sun Streams Complex and features an energy storage platform provided by Fluence, a U.S.-based company, with U.S.-made inverters integrated into the system. Construction is complete, and commercial operations have commenced.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>Sun Pond 项目是 Longroad Sun Streams 综合体的一部分，配备了由美国公司 Fluence 提供的储能平台，系统中集成了美国制造的逆变器。建设已完成，商业运营已开始。</p>
</div><p>“This deal demonstrates how companies like Sprouts can lead the way in responsible renewables,” said John Powers, Vice President of Strategic Renewables at Schneider Electric. “Through Schneider Electric Advisory Services, we help clients navigate complex negotiations and deliver solutions that align with their climate goals.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“这笔交易展示了像 Sprouts 这样的公司如何在负责任的可再生能源领域引领潮流，” 施耐德电气战略可再生能源副总裁 John Powers 表示。“通过施耐德电气顾问服务，我们帮助客户应对复杂的谈判，并提供与其气候目标相一致的解决方案。”</p>
</div><p>“U.S. Bank is grateful for SE Advisory Services collaboration and Sprouts’ trust in us to close this investment that meets their financial and sustainability objectives while bringing additional capital into the renewable energy sector,” said Timmi Kloster, Senior Vice President, Tax Credit Syndications at U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance, the community development and environmental finance division of U.S. Bank. “By pairing Sprouts with Longroad Energy’s Sun Pond solar and storage projects, SE Advisory Services and U.S. Bank’s syndications teams delivered a tailored solution that provides predictable tax benefits and helps expand clean energy generation, storage and local jobs in Arizona.”</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>“美国银行感谢 SE 顾问服务的合作，以及 Sprouts 对我们在满足其财务和可持续发展目标的投资的信任，同时为可再生能源领域带来额外资本，” 美国银行社区发展和环境金融部门的税收抵免联合融资高级副总裁 Timmi Kloster 表示。“通过将 Sprouts 与 Longroad Energy 的 Sun Pond 太阳能和储能项目相结合，SE 顾问服务和美国银行的联合融资团队提供了一种量身定制的解决方案，提供可预测的税收利益，并帮助扩大亚利桑那州的清洁能源生产、储存和当地就业。”</p>
</div><p><strong>About Schneider Electric</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>关于施耐德电气</strong></p>
</div><p>Schneider Electric is a global energy technology leader, driving efficiency and sustainability by electrifying, automating, and digitalizing industries, businesses, and homes. Its technologies enable buildings, data centers, factories, infrastructure, and grids to operate as open, interconnected ecosystems, enhancing performance, resilience, and sustainability. The portfolio includes intelligent devices, software-defined architectures, AI-powered systems, digital services, and expert advisory. With 160,000 employees and 1 million partners in over 100 countries, Schneider Electric is consistently ranked among the world’s most sustainable companies.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>施耐德电气是一家全球能源技术领导者，通过电气化、自动化和数字化工业、企业和家庭来推动效率和可持续性。其技术使建筑、数据中心、工厂、基础设施和电网能够作为开放的、互联的生态系统运行，从而提高性能、韧性和可持续性。其产品组合包括智能设备、软件定义架构、人工智能驱动的系统、数字服务和专业顾问。施耐德电气在 100 多个国家拥有 160,000 名员工和 100 万名合作伙伴，始终被评为全球最可持续的公司之一。</p>
</div><p>Schneider Electric’s Tax Credit Advisory Services team has facilitated over $2 billion in tax credit transfers for our corporate clients across a range of clean energy technologies and tax credit types. We continue to help clients innovate and achieve meaningful, sustainable impact. To explore how tax credits can drive long term business savings, contact: taxcreditinvestment@se.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>施耐德电气的税收抵免顾问服务团队已为我们的企业客户在一系列清洁能源技术和税收抵免类型中促进了超过 20 亿美元的税收抵免转让。我们继续帮助客户创新，实现有意义的可持续影响。要了解税收抵免如何推动长期商业节省，请联系：taxcreditinvestment@se.com</p>
</div><p>www.se.com</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>www.se.com</p>
</div><p><strong>About Sprouts Farmers Market</strong></p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p><strong>关于 Sprouts Farmers Market</strong></p>
</div><p>True to its farm-stand heritage, Sprouts offers a unique grocery experience featuring an open layout with fresh produce at the heart of the store. Sprouts inspires wellness naturally with a carefully curated assortment of better-for-you products paired with purpose-driven people. The healthy grocer continues to bring the latest in wholesome, innovative products made with lifestyle-friendly ingredients such as organic, plant-based and gluten-free. Headquartered in Phoenix, and one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural and organic food in the United States, Sprouts employs approximately 36,000 team members and operates more than 480 stores in 25 states nationwide. To learn more about Sprouts, and the good it brings communities, visit sprouts.com/about/.</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>忠于其农场摊位的传统，Sprouts 提供独特的杂货体验，店内以新鲜农产品为核心，布局开放。Sprouts 自然地激励健康，提供精心策划的更健康产品，与有目标的人们相结合。这家健康杂货商继续推出最新的健康、创新产品，采用生活方式友好的成分，如有机、植物基和无麸质。Sprouts 总部位于凤凰城，是美国最大和增长最快的天然和有机食品专业零售商之一，雇佣约 36,000 名团队成员，在全国 25 个州运营超过 480 家门店。要了解更多关于 Sprouts 及其为社区带来的益处，请访问 sprouts.com/about/.</p>
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