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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>The US energy transition accelerated in 2Q26 across storage, transport, and critical minerals. </li><li>A record 20.2 GWh of energy storage was installed, led by utility-scale projects and Arizona’s 6.2 GWh surge, prompting SEIA/Benchmark to raise 2030 forecasts to 683 GWh cumulative.</li><li>In EV charging, new data shows multi-connector, ~100 kW sites achieve higher utilization and revenue than ultra-high-power, low-plug stations.</li></ul>

The US energy transition accelerated in 2Q26 across storage, transport, and critical minerals. A record 20.2 GWh of energy storage was installed, led by utility-scale projects and Arizona’s 6.2 GWh surge, prompting SEIA/Benchmark to raise 2030 forecasts to 683 GWh cumulative.In EV charging, new data shows multi-connector, ~100 kW sites achieve higher utilization and revenue than ultra-high-power, low-plug stations.

Sustainable Investing Surveyor : Focus on Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)

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<div><ul><li>The Circular Carbon and Environmental Solutions sector offers investors a structural, multi-decade opportunity set.</li><li>This is driven by tightening clean fuel mandates, domestic energy and resource security priorities, and mandatory environmental remediation.</li><li>After a 2024–25 period defined by oversupply, policy uncertainty, and capital discipline, the industry has surfaced in 2026 with a structurally improved setup. </li></ul></div>

The Circular Carbon and Environmental Solutions sector offers investors a structural, multi-decade opportunity set.This is driven by tightening clean fuel mandates, domestic energy and resource security priorities, and mandatory environmental remediation.After a 2024–25 period defined by oversupply, policy uncertainty, and capital discipline, the industry has surfaced in 2026 with a structurally improved setup. 

Primer: Energy Transition : Circular Carbon and Environmental Solutions - 17 June 2026

<ul><li>Will carbon capture &amp; storage (CCS) enable a boom in low- carbon ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)?</li><li>CCS involves capturing CO2 emissions, purifying, transporting, and permanently storing in geological formations underground.</li><li>Low- carbon ethanol and SAF offer among the most compelling opportunities for CCS and are worth attention as (1) ethanol carbon capture is among the lowest-cost CCS applications,</li></ul>

Will carbon capture &amp; storage (CCS) enable a boom in low- carbon ethanol and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)?CCS involves capturing CO2 emissions, purifying, transporting, and permanently storing in geological formations underground.Low- carbon ethanol and SAF offer among the most compelling opportunities for CCS and are worth attention as (1) ethanol carbon capture is among the lowest-cost CCS applications,

WTR Ethanol-Carbon Capture & Storage Primer

<ul><li>We launched our inaugural WTR Symposium Series “Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Low-Carbon Ethanol Ready for Take-Off” on last week’s WTR Small-Cap Spotlight.</li><li>We were joined by senior management of four leading companies operating in farm-to-fuel and waste-to-fuel supply chains.</li><li>Our guests represented the following leading-edge companies: Continuum Ag (CEO Mitchell Hora), Gevo (VP Corporate Development Eric Frey), LanzaTech (CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren), and Synata Bio (CEO Tim Cesarek). </li></ul>

We launched our inaugural WTR Symposium Series “Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Low-Carbon Ethanol Ready for Take-Off” on last week’s WTR Small-Cap Spotlight.We were joined by senior management of four leading companies operating in farm-to-fuel and waste-to-fuel supply chains.Our guests represented the following leading-edge companies: Continuum Ag (CEO Mitchell Hora), Gevo (VP Corporate Development Eric Frey), LanzaTech (CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren), and Synata Bio (CEO Tim Cesarek). 

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) And Low- Carbon Ethanol "Ready for Takeoff"

<ul><li>Despite the US biofuels industry facing challenges in 2024, including oversupplied renewable credit markets, lower-than- expected voluntary demand, election uncertainty, and a drop in profits, the industry made progress in many areas, including the advancement of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects and hubs.</li><li>We highlight five biofuel trends that will continue to have an impact in 2025.</li><li>In 2024, the lack of guidance from the US Treasury Department on the 45Z clean fuel tax credit continued to be a key source of concern among biofuels producers, SAF project developers, and farmers.</li></ul>

Despite the US biofuels industry facing challenges in 2024, including oversupplied renewable credit markets, lower-than- expected voluntary demand, election uncertainty, and a drop in profits, the industry made progress in many areas, including the advancement of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects and hubs.We highlight five biofuel trends that will continue to have an impact in 2025.In 2024, the lack of guidance from the US Treasury Department on the 45Z clean fuel tax credit continued to be a key source of concern among biofuels producers, SAF project developers, and farmers.

US Biofuels Outlook - Five Trends to Watch in 2025

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Clean Energy Fuels Corporation designs, builds, finances and operates natural gas filling stations for vehicle fleets.  The Company also helps its customers acquire and finance natural gas vehicles and obtain local, state, and federal clean air rebates and incentives.

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Sustainable Investing Surveyor : Focus on Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (CLNE)

A record 20.2 GWh of energy storage was installed, led by utility-scale projects and Arizona’s 6.2 GWh surge, prompting SEIA/Benchmark to raise...

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Primer: Energy Transition : Circular Carbon and Environmental Solutions - 17 June 2026

After a 2024–25 period defined by oversupply, policy uncertainty, and capital discipline, the industry has surfaced in 2026 with a structurally...

Water Tower Research

WTR Ethanol-Carbon Capture & Storage Primer

CCS involves capturing CO2 emissions, purifying, transporting, and permanently storing in geological formations underground.

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) And Low- Carbon Ethanol "Ready for Takeoff"

We launched our inaugural WTR Symposium Series “Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Low-Carbon Ethanol Ready for Take-Off” on last week’s WTR Small-Cap...

Water Tower Research

US Biofuels Outlook - Five Trends to Watch in 2025

In 2024, the lack of guidance from the US Treasury Department on the 45Z clean fuel tax credit continued to be a key source of concern among...

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