In California, Infinium and Brookfield Asset Management announced a strategic funding partnership to accelerate the growth of Infinium’s eFuels platform. Infinium eFuels- which includes eSAF, a next generation sustainable aviation fuel. Under the terms of the deal, Brookfield has committed to invest more than $200 million in Infinium and Infinium’s Project Roadrunner that is under development in West Texas and up to an additional $850 million for deployment of other Infinium eFuels projects globally, all subject to pre-agreed metrics. The investment will be made by the first vintage of the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF I) and marks Brookfield’s first direct investment in sustainable aviation fuel. Infinium CEO Robert Schuetzle, said: “Our Project Pathfinder site was the first to bring commercial volumes of eFuels to market, and Project Roadrunner brings additional volumes of eFuels to scale global supplies. As our airline partners continue to push for more SAF and decarbonization options, Infinium remains committed to accelerating production to help meet those demands.”
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