Variable Interest Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Nature of Business, Financial Condition and Basis of Presentation

Variable Interest Entities

19. Variable Interest Entities

The Company has entered into agreements with Zero6 Energy Development, Inc. (“ZEDI”) to facilitate the development and construction of facilities to provide carbon neutral power to NZ1. ZEDI established two wholly owned subsidiaries, structured as limited liability companies, to operate the power facilities.

Nonconsolidated VIEs

During September 2022 and February 2023, the Company entered into agreements with ZEDI, a national clean energy expert that provides expertise in capital management, development, engineering, and asset management, to develop and construct facilities to provide carbon neutral power to NZ1 via the two Project LLCs: Kingsbury County Wind Fuel, LLC (“KCWF”) and Dakota Renewable Hydrogen, LLC (“DRH”), respectively. In December 2023 the agreements with ZEDI related to the two Project LLCs were amended to remove certain kickout rights that previously existed.

Each Project LLC is currently funded via advances for certain long lead equipment items from Gevo. The Company has made certain refundable project advances indirectly to the Project LLCs via ZEDI, to induce ZEDI to design and construct the power generation, transmission and distribution facilities that will serve NZ1.

Each Project LLC is a VIE, and the Company holds an implicit variable interest in each Project LLC. As of December 2023, we have concluded that the removal of the kickout rights from the agreements has resulted in a loss of control and that, therefore, the Company is no longer the primary beneficiary of the Project LLCs. The Project LLCs are a VIE because their equity is insufficient to maintain its on-going collateral requirements without additional financial support from the Company.

There was no gain or loss recognized as a result of the deconsolidation of the Project LLCs. We have recognized $33.4 million in Deposits and other assets related to advances made to the Project LLCs which are reimbursable upon the achievement or failure to achieve certain milestones. Such amounts represent our maximum exposure to loss as a result of our involvement with the Project LLCs.