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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Intangible Assets, net
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Intangible Assets, net
3. Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
During the three months ended June 30, 2026, management completed a strategic review of the Company's development portfolio, capital allocation priorities, and future commercialization strategy. As a result of this review, management and the Board of Directors determined the Company should prioritize development of the ethanol platform, the 30 million gallon per year (“MMGPY”) alcohol-to-jet (“ATJ”) sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF) platform (“ATJ-30”), at Gevo North Dakota, and other commercialization opportunities. Following the strategic review initiated in connection with the leadership transition, management determined that certain previously contemplated initiatives, including the ATJ-60 project, other ATJ projects and certain isobutanol projects would no longer be advanced under the Company's revised strategic direction.

As a result, the Company evaluated the recoverability of long-lived assets associated with the affected initiatives and concluded that certain capitalized engineering costs related to these initiatives were not recoverable.

As a result, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized an impairment charge of $135.8 million, reducing the carrying value of the affected long-lived assets to their estimated fair value. The impairment charge is included within operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, and did not result in any cash charges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. The majority of the impaired assets, including those related to the ATJ-60 project, were written down to a fair value of zero because the Company is no longer pursuing these projects and determined that the assets have no expected recoverable value. Certain other impaired assets, consisting primarily of constructed equipment, were written down to their estimated fair value using a market-based approach that incorporated significant unobservable inputs and was classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement.

The following table sets forth the impairment charge recognized by long-lived asset category (in thousands):
Three and six months ended June 30, 2026
Long-lived asset category:
Construction in progress$134,406 
Intangible assets, net1,382 
Total impairment charge$135,788 
The remaining capitalized development assets represent engineering, technology development, process design, catalyst development, and other project costs that management expects will provide future economic benefit through their anticipated use in the Company's ATJ-30 platform or other development initiatives. The remaining intangible assets consist primarily of patents, licenses, developed technology, and customer-related intangible assets. Management evaluated these assets for impairment in accordance with ASC 350 and concluded that they will continue to provide future economic benefit through their anticipated use in the Company's operations.