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HIF Global receives Community Investment Award for its eFuels project in Matagorda, Texas

Houston, January 23, 2023.- HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, announced that its subsidiary HIF USA LLC (“HIF USA”) has been awarded the Community Investment Award for 2023 from Industry Development Magazine for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility in Texas.

HIF Global and its partners celebrate the first liters of synthetic fuels from Haru Oni, Chile

Punta Arenas de Chile, December 20, 2022. HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, together with its partners, authorities, and community representatives, celebrates the production of the first liters of synthetic gasoline at the Haru Oni Demonstration Plant in southern Chile.

HIF Global Engages Bechtel, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe for eFuels Project in USA

Houston, Santiago de Chile, Sydney and Berlin, December 6, 2022 – HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, announced today that its subsidiary HIF USA LLC (“HIF USA”) has engaged Bechtel Energy, Siemens Energy, and Topsoe to conduct the front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) of a facility to be constructed in Matagorda County, Texas to produce carbon-neutral gasoline (the “HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility”).

HIF and Enel Green Power withdraw “Faro del Sur” environmental permit application

Santiago, October 6, 2022. HIF Chile and Enel Green Power Chile (EGP Chile) decided to withdraw the environmental permit application for the Faro del Sur Wind Park project in Magallanes region, southern Chile.

HIF Global, LOTHER GRUPPE and eFuel GmbH sign Letter of Intent to accelerate the availability of eFuels in Europe

Houston and Santiago de Chile, August 31, 2022.- HIF Global, LOTHER GRUPPE and eFuel GmbH signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) seeking to accelerate the availability of eFuels in Europe.

Former Societe Generale Managing Director Roberto Simon joins HIF Global as CFO

Houston, August 10, 2022.- HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, announced that Roberto Simon will join the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Simon previously served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Banking and Advisory at Societe Generale (SG) Americas in New York.

HIF and Enel Green Power begin environmental assessment for Faro del Sur wind park project

Santiago de Chile, August 4^th, 2022.- HIF Chile and Enel Green Power Chile (EGP) announced that the Faro del Sur wind power park will now undergo an Environmental Impact Study by the Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) of the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region.

HIF Global begins approval process for its first carbon neutral eFuels manufacturing facility in Australia

Sydney, July 8, 2022.- HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, announced today that it has begun the development of Australia’s first large-scale, carbon-neutral eFuels production facility in Tasmania. HIF Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of HIF Global, filed a Notice of Intent (NoI) with the Tasmanian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) seeking approval for the facility, which will be located in north-west Tasmania.

HIF Global engages Societe Generale as financial advisor

Houston and Santiago de Chile, June 13, 2022 - HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, announced today that it has selected SG Americas Securities, LLC to provide general financial strategy and planning for the development and financing of its eFuels facilities in Chile and the United States.

HIF Global and Uniper Sign Letter of Intent to Produce, Sell eFuels

Houston, Sydney, Santiago and Düsseldorf, May 19, 2022.- HIF Global, HIF Chile and Uniper Global Commodities (Uniper) signed a Letter of Intent (the “eFuels LOI”) to negotiate binding offtake agreements for the sale and purchase of eFuels from the commercial plants under development in Magallanes, Chile.

HIF Global launches eFuels company in Germany

Berlin, Houston and Santiago de Chile, May 12, 2022 - HIF Global, the world’s leading eFuels company, continues its global expansion with the launch of HIF Europe, Middle East and Africa (“HIF EMEA”) headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with Armin Schnettler named as President and Thorsten Herdan as CEO of HIF EMEA.

HIF Global Selects Matagorda County, Texas for eFuels Facility

Houston, April 28, 2022 – HIF Global, in partnership with Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the Matagorda County Economic Development Corporation, and various community partners, announced its selection of Matagorda County as the location of its first industrial-scale eFuels facility in North America. When the HIF Matagorda eFuels facility is fully operational, HIF anticipates producing approximately 200 million gallons a year of a carbon-neutral gasoline substitute that will decarbonize over 400,000 vehicles in the United States.

HIF USA Engages Bechtel for Engineering and Design of eFuels.

Houston, October 19, 2021. HIF USA expected to produce approximately 200 million gallons per year of carbon-neutral gasoline substitute by 2025.

Magallanes Environmental Assessment Commission approves the first green hydrogen project in Chile.

Punta Arenas, May 11, 2021 Magallanes Environment Commission unanimously supported the project that HIF is developing in the extreme south of the country.

Mabanaft and HIF close MOU to distribute E-Fuels in Germany.

Hamburg/Santiago de Chile, January 14, 2021. Mabanaft and HIF announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in relation to the purchase and sale of up to 500 million liters of carbon neutral eFuel per year from the commercial phases of HIF’s projects located within Chile’s Region de Magallanes.

HIF announces the support of the German government.

Magallanes, December 2, 2020 HIF announces the support of the German government to its pilot plant to produce eFuel from green hydrogen.

HIF Global Secures US$ 260 Million in Equity Investments

Houston, Santiago de Chile, and Sydney, April 6th, 2022.- HIF Global, the world leader in eFuels development, secured approximately US$ 260 million in equity investments to fund the global expansion of its decarbonization business. The capital will be used for the development of carbon-neutral eFuels projects in the United States, Chile and Australia that will supply ships, cars, trucks, and airplanes with renewable energy.