Financing Sustainable Aviation Fuels 2025
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What? In September 2024, Brookfield Asset Management
announced a significant investment commitment of up
to $1.1 billion in Infinium, a California-based company
pioneering PtL SAF production. The deal includes an initial
$200 million for Infinium’s Project Roadrunner SAF production
site in West Texas and the potential for an additional $850
million in equity, which would enable third party debt capital
for future global projects.
How? The investment from Brookfield into Infinium was
enabled not only through technological and operational
innovation but also through financial and commercial
innovation. Firstly, the investment was preceded by a
commitment of $75 million of project equity investment
by Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, following a rigorous
infrastructure investor diligence process that demonstrated
confidence around Infinium’s project development and
technology platform. Secondly, bankable offtake agreements
were signed between Infinium and American Airlines (as
well as Citi for scope 3 emissions), which were instrumental
in attracting the investment from Brookfield. Prior to
these recent milestones, Infinium successfully leveraged
a number of strategic approaches to help bolster investor
confidence, including:1 Inking investment relationships with industry leaders,
including Amazon.
2 Securing long-term offtake deals.
3 Building and operating the world’s first commercial-scale
PtL production plant, which began shipping product in
early 2024.
Brookfield and Infinium worked closely together to define and
align on a clear set of milestones and KPIs that need to be
met to unlock the additional $850 million in capital, providing
certainty and clarity to Infinium on how to successfully scale-
up. In January 2025 Infinium secured additional funding
from Brookfield and other investors as part of its Series C
funding round.18
Impact: Through the above investments, Infinium is on track
to develop the largest PtL project in North America, once
operational, and has de-risked its business model for further
scale-up in future projects.CASE STUDY 10
Investment from Brookfield and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst in Infinium
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