Deposits and Other Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Other Assets, Noncurrent [Abstract]

Deposits and Other Assets

11. Deposits and Other Assets

The following table sets forth the components of the Company’s deposits and other assets (in thousands) as of:

	March 31, 2024		December 31, 2023
Deposits (1)	$	167	$	166
Prepaid feedstock (2)		1,562		440
Equity interest (3)		1,500		1,500
Exclusivity fees (4)		583		583
Deposits receivable (5)		34,217		33,602
Other assets, net (6)		7,920		8,028
Total deposits and other assets	$	45,949	$	44,319

(1) Deposits for services.

(2) Prepaid feedstock fees, non-current, for the production of RNG.

(3) The Company directly holds a 4.3% interest in the Series A Preferred Stock of Zero6 Clean Energy Assets, Inc. (“Zero6”), formerly Juhl Clean Energy Assets, Inc., which is not a publicly listed entity with a readily determinable fair value. The Company therefore measures the securities at cost. Recent observable equity raises indicated no impairment issues. This ownership interest is also pledged as collateral against two future obligations to Rock County Wind Fuel, LLC (“RCWF”), a Zero6 subsidiary, see Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies, for additional information.

(4) Axens will provide certain alcohol-to-SAF technologies and services exclusively provided to the Company which may be offset against future license fees subject to the delivery of a process design package.

(5) Deposits provided to a developer of certain wind-farm projects and power utility contractor to induce to design and construct the power generation, transmission and distribution facilities that will serve NZ1, $5.5 million of which will be either reimbursed or used as an investment into wind generation facility and the remaining $28.7 million is expected to be fully reimbursed upon completion of the project. Gevo has contractual priority liens against the equipment and constructed facilities under the contracts.

(6) Pre-operation payments for sand separation systems to process manure feedstock which were allocated to the non-lease fuel supply, being amortized over the life of the project.