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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-109255"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GEVO"
cik: "0001392380"
company_name: "Gevo, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:39:23.616793+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gevo secures $1.46B conditional DOE LPO loan commitment for Net-Zero 1 SAF plant

## Summary
- DOE LPO conditional commitment for loan guarantee up to $1.46B ($1.63B with capitalized interest) for NZ1 in Lake Preston, SD.
- NZ1 designed to produce ~60M gallons of SAF, ~1.3B lbs of protein/feed, and ~30M lbs of corn oil per year.
- Projected high-teens equity returns; CRA study estimates >1,300 construction jobs and $100M+ annual economic impact.
- Final financing subject to technical, legal, environmental, commercial, and financial conditions before DOE funds.
- First-ever large-scale alcohol-to-jet SAF project to receive DOE LPO conditional commitment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-109255
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GEVO
- cik: 0001392380
- company_name: Gevo, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465924109255/0001104659-24-109255-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392380/000110465924109255/tm2426259d1_8k.htm

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